If you think it's "Ar" + "Kansas" you're doing it wrong.
Kansas is named after the Kansa Indian tribe, while Arkansas is pronounced "arkansaw" and is named after a word from a totally different tribal language. They seem similar, but they're really not etymologically related.
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