Kentucky

//kənˈtʌki// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.

    "On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico."

  2. 2
    A village in Uralla Shire and the Tamworth council area, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of University of Kentucky. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  4. 4
    A tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Michigan.

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bluegrass statebluegrass statecorn cracker statecorn-cracker statedark and bloody ground statedark and bloody ground state

Example

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"Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Kentucky."

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from an Iroquoian word meaning "prairie"; compare Mohawk kenhtà:ke (“the meadow”), Seneca gëdá'geh (“at the field”).

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