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Kentucky definition

Ken·tucky (kən tuk′ē)

  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)

Etymology: earlier (18th c.) Kentucke (River), of Iroquois or Shawnee orig.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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