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Owensboro

(ō′ənz bʉr′ō)

city in NW Ky., on the Ohio River: pop. 54,000

Origin: after Col. A. Owen (1769-1811)

See Owensboro in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of northwest Kentucky on the Ohio River west-southwest of Louisville. Settled c. 1800, it is a tobacco market and shipping point for a farm region. Population: 55,500.

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