Arkansas

geographical name

Ar·​kan·​sas ˈär-kən-ˌsȯ 

1 is also

är-ˈkan-zəs 

1

river 1450 miles (2334 kilometers) long in the southwest central U.S. rising in central Colorado and flowing east and southeast through southern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and Arkansas into the Mississippi River

2

state in the south central U.S. bisected by the Arkansas River; capital Little Rock area 53,187 square miles (137,754 square kilometers), population 2,915,918

Arkansan

är-ˈkan-zən 

adjective or noun