Ar·kan·sas
 Arkansas
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Arkansas is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Arkansas is AR.
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Arkansan (adj.), Arkansian (adj.), Arkansan (n.), Arkansian (n.) |
Arkansas is the French spelling of
ugakhpah or
quapaw, a Native American nation from the region. It means "people who live downstream."