Kentucky

/kənˈtʌki/name
High School
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.

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

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