[tuh-pee-kuh] 
| a city in and the capital of Kansas, in the NE part, on the Kansas River. 115,266. |
[kan-zuh
s] | 1. | a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 2,363,208. 82,276 sq. mi. (213,094 sq. km). Capital: Topeka. Abbreviation: KS (for use with zip code), Kans., Kan., Kas. |
| 2. | a river in NE Kansas, flowing E to the Missouri River. 169 mi. (270 km) long. |
| To·pe·ka (tə-pē'kə) The capital of Kansas, in the northeast part of the state west of Kansas City. Founded in 1854, it became capital when Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861. Population: 122,000. |
State in the central United States bordered by Nebraska to the north, Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south, and Colorado to the west. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita.
Note: In the 1850s, the state came to be known as “bleeding Kansas” because of the violence between hostile free-staters and pro-slavery settlers.