HOW TO PRONOUNCE
arkansas
/ˈɑɹkənˌsɑ/
Press play to hear how to pronounce arkansas.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:41
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
LISTEN FOR THIS
In the name of the state, the last s is silent.
Pronounce the state name AR-kuhn-saw, with the strongest beat at the beginning. Other places sharing the spelling can have different pronunciations.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
TRY SAYING
“Her family lives in Arkansas.”
APG practice sentence · CC BY-SA 4.0
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does arkansas mean?
proper noun
- A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
- A river in the United States, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and flowing generally southeast over 1,400 miles through Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, where it joins the Mississippi in Desha County.
- A surname.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈɑɹkənˌsɑ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
“These Indians may retreat beyond the Arkansas, and I cannot leave the fort unprotected.”
In Arkansas their location was generally on low, flat mounds, but vestiges of some were also noticed near the surface of large mounds.
More book examples (3)
In the matter of summer weather Arkansas has no advantage over Sydney, perhaps, but when it comes to winter weather, that is another affair.
The gentleman urged my master not to go to the North for the restoration of his health, but to visit the Warm Springs in Arkansas.
The great Divide of the Arkansas was in front, looming vaguely through a heavy snow cloud, and snow began to fall, not in powder, but in heavy flakes.