Arkansas
See also: Arkansas'
English
Map of US highlighting Arkansas
Alternative forms
- (river): Arkansa (archaic)
- Arkansaw (obsolete, the spelling used when the territory was organized in 1819)
Etymology
From the name of the Arkansas River, from French Arcansas, a (plural) designation of either a Siouan tribe or the Quapaw.[1] This designation is sometimes claimed to derive from a Quapaw word *akakaze (“land of downriver people”) or a Lakota/Dakota word *akakaze (“people of the south wind”); more likely, it derives from a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa (whence also the name of the state of Kansas).[1]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.kən.sɔ/
Audio (US) (file)
- (US, now nonstandard in reference to the state) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈkæn.zəs/ (see usage notes)
Proper noun
Arkansas
- A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
- A river in the United States, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and flowing generally southeast over 1,400 miles through Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, where it joins the Mississippi in Desha County.
Usage notes
- The pronunciation of the name of the state of Arkansas with a silent final s was made official by an act of the state legislature in 1881, after a dispute arose between the state's two US senators, one of whom favored /ˈɑɹkənsɔː/ and the other of whom favored /ɑɹˈkænzəs/.[2] /ɑɹˈkænzəs/ is still common, especially in Kansas, as a pronunciation of the name of the river.
Derived terms
- AR
- Arkansan
- Arkansasan
- Arkansas City
- Arkansas County
- Arkansasian
- Arkansawyer
- Arkie
Translations
US state
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States →ISBN, page 47 (citing personal communication with Robert Rankin)
- In 1881, the Arkansas General Assembly passed the following concurrent resolution, now Arkansas Code 1 April 105: "Whereas, confusion of practice has arisen in the pronunciation of the name of our state and it is deemed important that the true pronunciation should be determined for use in oral official proceedings.
And, whereas, the matter has been thoroughly investigated by the State Historical Society and the Eclectic Society of Little Rock, which have agreed upon the correct pronunciation as derived from history, and the early usage of the American immigrants.
Be it therefore resolved by both houses of the General Assembly, that the only true pronunciation of the name of the state, in the opinion of this body, is that received by the French from the native Indians and committed to writing in the French word representing the sound. It should be pronounced in three (3) syllables, with the final "s" silent, the "a" in each syllable with the Italian sound, and the accent on the first and last syllables. The pronunciation with the accent on the second syllable with the sound of "a" in "man" and the sounding of the terminal "s" is discouraged by Arkansans."
Anagrams
- sanskara
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Arkansas.
Proper noun
Arkansas (genitive Arkansas')
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
From English Arkansas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑrkɑnsɑs/, [ˈɑrkɑns̠ɑs̠] (declension: risti)
- IPA(key): /ˈɑrkɑnsoː/, [ˈɑrkɑns̠o̞ː] (declension: maa)
- Syllabification(key): Ar‧kan‧sas
Proper noun
Arkansas
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
Declension
- Depends on the pronunciation, see above.
| Inflection of Arkansas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Arkansas | — | |
| genitive | Arkansasin | — | |
| partitive | Arkansasia | — | |
| illative | Arkansasiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Arkansas | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Arkansas | — |
| gen. | Arkansasin | ||
| genitive | Arkansasin | — | |
| partitive | Arkansasia | — | |
| inessive | Arkansasissa | — | |
| elative | Arkansasista | — | |
| illative | Arkansasiin | — | |
| adessive | Arkansasilla | — | |
| ablative | Arkansasilta | — | |
| allative | Arkansasille | — | |
| essive | Arkansasina | — | |
| translative | Arkansasiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Arkansasitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Arkansas (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Arkansasini | Arkansasimme |
| 2nd person | Arkansasisi | Arkansasinne |
| 3rd person | Arkansasinsa | |
Declension of Arkansas (type maa)
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Anagrams
- kassaran
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁˈkanzas/ (Germanicised; slightly dated in educated speech)
- IPA(key): /ˈaʁkənˌsɔː/ (approaching English; educated)
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /aʁˈkɛnzəs/, /əˈkɛnzəs/ (approaching the dated or merely a supposed English pronunciation; proscribed)
Proper noun
Arkansas n (proper noun, genitive Arkansas' or (with an article) Arkansas)
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Arkansas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒrkɒnzɒs]
- Hyphenation: Ar‧kan‧sas
- Rhymes: -ɒs
Proper noun
Arkansas
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Arkansas | — |
| accusative | Arkansast | — |
| dative | Arkansasnak | — |
| instrumental | Arkansasszal | — |
| causal-final | Arkansasért | — |
| translative | Arkansasszá | — |
| terminative | Arkansasig | — |
| essive-formal | Arkansasként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Arkansasban | — |
| superessive | Arkansason | — |
| adessive | Arkansasnál | — |
| illative | Arkansasba | — |
| sublative | Arkansasra | — |
| allative | Arkansashoz | — |
| elative | Arkansasból | — |
| delative | Arkansasról | — |
| ablative | Arkansastól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | Arkansasé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | Arkansaséi | — |
| Possessive forms of Arkansas | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Arkansasom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Arkansasod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Arkansasa | — |
| 1st person plural | Arkansasunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Arkansasotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Arkansasuk | — |
Derived terms
- arkansasi
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arˈkan.sas/[1]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Hyphenation: Ar‧kàn‧sas
Proper noun
Arkansas m
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
References
- Arkansas in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Arkansas, from French Arcansas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈar.kan.zas/, /arˈkan.zas/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -anzas
- Syllabification: Ar‧kan‧sas
Proper noun
Arkansas m inan (indeclinable)
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
Proper noun
Arkansas f (indeclinable)
- Arkansas (a river in the United States)
Derived terms
adjective
- arkansaski
Further reading
- Arkansas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Arkansas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Arcansas
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.sɐs/ [ahˈkɐ̃.sɐs]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aɾˈkɐ̃.sɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/ [aχˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aɻˈkɐ̃.sas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/
Proper noun
Arkansas m
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
Romanian
Proper noun
Arkansas n
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈarkansas]
Proper noun
Arkansas m (genitive singular Arkansasu, declension pattern of dub)
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
References
- Arkansas in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈkansas/ [aɾˈkãn.sas]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Syllabification: Ar‧kan‧sas
Proper noun
Arkansas m
- Arkansas (a state of the United States)
Related terms
- arkansés
See also
Arkansas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es