English Explanatory Dictionary

Kentucky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/kənˈtʌki/ En-us-Kentucky.ogg /kɛnˈtʌki/ /kɛnˈtʊki/

Word forms

Kentucky

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Bluegrass State Corn-cracker State Dark and Bloody Ground State Hemp State Kaintuck Tobacco State UK UKY

Derived words

Commonwealth of Kentucky Dutch-Kentucky syndrome Kenfucky Kensucky Kentuckian Kentucky Admiral Kentucky coffeetree Kentucky coffee tree Kentucky coffee-tree Kentucky Colonel Kentucky rifle Kentucky South Kentucky warbler Kentucky windage KFC KY Ky. Pennsyltucky
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