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Kentucky

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Noun

1. bluegrass state, kentucky, ky

a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kentucky

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noun
1. 
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: 4 117 827 (2003 est). Area: 102 693 sq km (39 650 sq miles)
. Abbreviation: Ken., Ky. or ()in with zip code KY
2. 
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

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1. 
state of the EC U.S.: admitted, 1792; 39,728 sq mi (102,896 sq km); pop. 4,042,000; cap. Frankfort
abbrev. KY or Ky
2. 
river in E Ky., flowing northwest into the Ohio: 259 mi (417 km)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Kentucky

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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 Louisville the largest city.

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