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1. (n.) Kentucky
a state in the E central United States. 4,041,769; 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km).
2. Kentucky
a river flowing NW from E Kentucky to the Ohio River. 259 mi. (415 km) long.
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1. (noun) Kentucky, Bluegrass State, KY
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
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1. (noun) kentucky
one of the United States
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1. kentucky
an American State in the S. of the Ohio basin, with the Virginias on its E. and Tennessee on its S. border and the Mississippi River on the W.; is watered by the Licking and Kentucky Rivers that cross the State from the Cumberland Mountains in the SE. to the Ohio, and the Tennessee River traverses the western corner; the climate is mild and healthy; much of the soil is extremely fertile, giving hemp and the largest tobacco crops in the Union; there are dense forests of virgin ash, walnut, and oak over two-thirds of the State, and on its pasturage the finest stock and horses are bred; coal is found in both the E. and the W., and iron is plentiful; the chief industries are whisky distilling, iron smelting and working; admitted to the Union in 1792, Kentucky was a slave-holding State, but did not secede in the Civil War; the capital is Frankfort (8), the largest city Louisville (160); the State University is at Lexington (29).
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