Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bleeding kansas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: bleed-ing kansas
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.

Synonyms

Bloody Kansas

Questions

What does bleeding kansas mean?: A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.

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