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Kentucky.

A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.

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  1. A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.

  2. A village in Uralla Shire and the Tamworth council area, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.

  3. Ellipsis of University of Kentucky.

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  4. A tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States.

  5. An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Michigan.

Where this word comes from

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

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