Kentucky

English

Map of US highlighting Kentucky

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kɛnˈtʌki/, [kʰɛnˈtʰɐki]
(US) IPA^(key): /kənˈtʌki/, [kʰənˈtʰɐki], [kʰɪnˈtʰɐki]
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Proper noun

Kentucky

A state of the United States of America. Capital: Frankfort; largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.
A village on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms

Bluegrass State
Corn-cracker State
Dark and Bloody Ground State

Hemp State
Kaintuck
Tobacco State

Derived terms

Translations

US state

Arabic: كِنْتَاكِي‎‎ m (kintākī)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 肯德基

Mandarin: 肯塔基州 (zh) (Kěntǎjī-zhōu)
Czech: Kentucky (cs)
Danish: Kentucky
Esperanto: Kentukio
Finnish: Kentucky (fi)
French: Kentucky (fr) m
Galician: Kentucky (gl) m
Georgian: კენტუკი (ḳenṭuḳi)
German: Kentucky (de)
Greek: Κεντάκι (el) n (Kentáki)
Japanese: ケンタッキー州 (Kentakkii-shū)

Latin: Kentukia
Limburgish: Kentucky
Macedonian: Кента́ки m (Kentáki)
Navajo: Kentákii hahoodzo
Occitan: Kentucky (oc) m
Portuguese: Kentucky (pt) m
Romanian: Kentucky
Russian: Кенту́кки (ru) m (Kentúkki)
Spanish: Kentucky (es) m
Telugu: కెంటకీ (keṇṭakī)
Thai: เคนทักกี (ken-ták-gîi)
Turkish: Kentucky
Yiddish: קענטאָקי‎‎ (kentoki)

See also

Appendix:Place names in Kentucky

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kentucky.

Proper noun

Kentucky (genitive Kentuckys)

Kentucky

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kentucky m

Kentucky (a state of the United States)

Romanian

Proper noun

Kentucky n

Kentucky (U.S. State)

Spanish

Proper noun

Kentucky m

Kentucky

See also

Kentucky on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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