Kentucky

Ken·tuck·y  (kn-tk) Abbr. KY or Ky. or Ken.

A state of the east-central United States. It was admitted as the 15th state in 1792. Daniel Boone's Transylvania Company made the first permanent settlement in the area in 1775. By the Treaty of Paris (1783) the territory became part of the United States. Frankfort is the capital and Lexington the largest city. Population: 4,240,000.

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Ken·tucki·an adj. & n.

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Kentucky [kɛnˈtʌkɪ]

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1. (Placename) a state of the S central US: consists of an undulating plain in the west, the Bluegrass region in the centre, the Tennessee and Ohio River basins in the southwest, and the Appalachians in the east. Capital: Frankfort. Pop.: 4 041 769 (2000). Area: 102 693 sq. km (39 650 sq. miles) Abbreviations Ken Ky (with zip code), KY

2. (Placename) a river in central Kentucky, rising in the Cumberland Mountains and flowing northwest to the Ohio River. Length: 417 km (259 miles)

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Kentucky - a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses Bluegrass State, 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