Kentucky
pronunciation
How to pronounce Kentucky in British English:
UK [ken'tʌkɪ]
How to pronounce Kentucky in American English:
US [kən'tʌkɪ]
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- Noun:
- a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
Word Origin
- Kentucky
- U.S. state, earlier a county of Virginia, organized 1776; the name is of Iroquois or Shawnee origin, perhaps a Wyandot (Iroquoian) word meaning "meadow" (compare Seneca geda'geh "at the field"); the original use in English seems to have been the river name; the native use perhaps was first in reference to a village in what now is Clark County known in Shawnee as Eskippakithiki. Related: Kentuckian.
Example
- 1. And eastern kentucky has a keen interest in cooking .
- 2. It is not just eastern kentucky .
- 3. Now kentucky republicans face a similar challenge .
- 4. Kentucky is considering its first application .
- 5. Kentucky 's changes include setting a minimum retirement age .