Topeka
The capital city of Kansas, United States and the county seat of Shawnee County.
Proper noun
- The capital city of Kansas, United States and the county seat of Shawnee County.
- Well Kansas is for the farmer We stand behind the little man And we need a firehouse in Topeka So help us if you can - 1968, Randy Newman, “The Beehive State”, in Randy Newman:
- A village in Quiver Township, Mason County, Illinois.
- A town in Clearspring Township and Eden Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Mississippi, named after Topeka, Kansas.
Origin
Borrowed from Kansa tó ppí kʼé ([dopikʼɛ], literally “good place to dig potatoes”).