…a state in the central US; population 2,802,134 (est. 2008); capital, Topeka. Acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, it became the 34th state of the US in 1861…
…each of two adjacent cities in the US, situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers, one in NE Kansas; population 142,562 (est. 2008), and the other in NW Missouri; population 451,572 (est. 2008)…
