AtlasUnited StatesKansasOne word pinned hereKansas38.5000°N -98.0000°W · Q1558One English word in this atlas traces back to Kansas. It sits in United States.ShareAll of United States Pinned herenot in Kansas anymoreadjective · 1939Well attestedOne line of movie dialogue turned a real state into a byword for normality.Dorothy says it to her dog after the cyclone in the 1939 film of The Wizard of Oz; the line does not appear in L. Frank Baum's book. Kansas is real, named for the Kansa people, and the idiom works only by letting the state stand in for ordinary life.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsAmerican cheeseUnited States, United States156 kmamericanoUnited States, United States156 kmhackneyHackney, United States170 kmhackney writerHackney, United States170 km