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Kentucky

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • Australia//kɛnˈtʌki//
  • Ireland//kɛnˈtʊki//
  • //kənˈtʌki//

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.

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.

    The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC’s corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano.

  2. 2

    A village in Uralla Shire and the Tamworth council area, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.

  3. 3

    A tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States.

  4. 4

    An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Michigan.

  5. 5

    Variant of University of KentuckyEllipsis of University of 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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