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Ar⋅kan⋅sas

[ahr-kuhn-saw; also, for 2 ar-kan-zuhs]
–noun
1. state in S central United States; 2,285,513. 53,103 sq. mi. (137,537 sq. km). Capital: Little Rock. Abbreviation: AR (for use with zip code), Ark.
2. a river flowing E and SE from central Colorado into the Mississippi in SE Arkansas. 1450 mi. (2335 km) long.

Ar⋅kan⋅san [ahr-kan-zuhn] , Ar⋅kan⋅si⋅an [ahr-kan-zee-uhn] , noun, adjective
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Ar·kan·sas   (är'kən-sô')   
A state of the south-central United States bordered on the east by the Mississippi River. It was admitted as the 25th state in 1836. The region was explored by members of Hernando de Soto's expedition in 1541 and passed to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Little Rock is the capital and the largest city. Population: 2,830,000.
Ar·kan'san (är-kān'zən) adj. & n.
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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.

Note: One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
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