Arkansas

[ ahr-kuh n-saw; also for 2 ar-kan-zuh s ]

/ ˈɑr kənˌsɔ; also for 2 ærˈkæn zəs /

noun

state in S central United States. 53,103 sq. mi. (137,537 sq. km). Capital: Little Rock. Abbreviation: AR (for use with zip code), Ark.

a river flowing E and SE from central Colorado into the Mississippi in SE Arkansas. 1450 miles (2335 km) long.

OTHER WORDS FROM Arkansas

Ar·kan·san

[ahr-kan-zuh n] /ɑrˈkæn zən/, Ar·kan·si·an

[ahr-kan-zee-uh n] /ɑrˈkæn zi ən/, noun, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for arkansas

And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"

Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner! |Olivia Nuzzi |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
As zealots poured in from Arkansas and Mississippi, a wire service reporter got punched in the ribs.

The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise |Jason Berry |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Recall how Clinton returned to Arkansas from the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally disabled man.

President Cuomo Would’ve Been a Lion |Jonathan Alter |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Yet, Arkansas had been marginally healthier than the states surrounding it.

Arkansas’s Blue Collar Social Conservatives Don’t Know What’s Coming |Monica Potts |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Mike Huckabee, the Fox News host and wannabe presidential contender, was governor of my home state, Arkansas, until 2007.

Arkansas’s Blue Collar Social Conservatives Don’t Know What’s Coming |Monica Potts |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So spoke the “Puritans” of Arkansas, blind to their own especial blemish.

The Fatal Cord |Mayne Reid
The rebel leaders in Arkansas found it out before the end of the second year of the war.

The Lost Army |Thomas W. Knox
The Kansas and Arkansas lists are taken from the record of small flocks and are not very reliable.

The Dollar Hen |Milo M. Hastings
That jail was standing when I come to Arkansas forty-seven years ago.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States |Work Projects Administration
Encamped at the mouth of Oakley's creek, another branch of the Arkansas.

Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for arkansas

Arkansas

noun

(ˈɑːkənˌsɔː) a state of the southern US: mountainous in the north and west, with the alluvial plain of the Mississippi in the east; has the only diamond mine in the US; the chief US producer of bauxite. Capital: Little Rock. Pop: 2 725 714 (2003 est). Area: 134 537 sq km (51 945 sq miles) Abbreviation: Ark., (with zip code) AR

(ɑːˈkænzəs) a river in the S central US, rising in central Colorado and flowing east and southeast to join the Mississippi in Arkansas. Length: 2335 km (1450 miles)

Cultural definitions for arkansas

Arkansas

State in the south-central United States bordered by Missouri to the north, the Mississippi River to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its capital and largest city is Little Rock.

notes for Arkansas

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

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