Bluegrass State

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Bluegrass State - a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses Kentucky, KY Mammoth Cave National Park - a national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an underground river U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Bowling Green - a town in southern Kentucky capital of Kentucky, Frankfort - the capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky Lexington - a city in eastern Kentucky; noted for raising thoroughbred horses Louisville - the largest city in Kentucky; located in north central Kentucky on the Ohio river; site of the Kentucky Derby Owensboro - a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market Paducah - a town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River Cumberland River, Cumberland - a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky Tennessee River, Tennessee - a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky