kentucky

1. 1.

   a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses

   SynonymsBluegrass StateKYKen.

   BroaderAmerican state

   Part ofUnited States

   PartsMammoth Cave National ParkBowling GreenFrankfortLexingtonLouisvilleOwensboro

Other forms of kentucky

plural

kentuckies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kentucky

What does kentucky mean?

kentucky means "a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses".

How many syllables are in kentucky?

kentucky has 3 syllables: ken-tuc-ky. The stress falls on "tuc". In IPA it is /kənˈtʌki/.

What is another word for kentucky?

Close synonyms include Bluegrass State, KY, Ken.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kentucky a common word?

kentucky is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.