Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, situated in the region of Western Asia, on the south-eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Wikipedia

Kansas KAN-zəs is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansa Native American tribe which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind," although this was probably not the term's original meaning. Wikipedia