"Kentucky" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /kənˈtʌki/, /kɛnˈtʌki/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK] Audio: En-us-Kentucky.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌki Etymology: Unclear. Possibly from an Iroquoian word meaning "prairie"; compare Mohawk kenhtà:ke (“the meadow”), Seneca gëdá'geh (“at the field”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=Unclear}} Unclear, {{der|en|iro}} Iroquoian, {{cog|moh|kenhtà:ke||the meadow}} Mohawk kenhtà:ke (“the meadow”), {{cog|see|gëdá'geh|t=at the field}} Seneca gëdá'geh (“at the field”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kentucky
  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. Categories (place): Kentucky, USA, Places in the United States, States of the United States
    Sense id: en-Kentucky-en-name-1pkqJINl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 18 27 11
  2. A village in Uralla Shire, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in New South Wales, Villages in Australia, Villages in New South Wales Related terms (Territories): American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands
    Sense id: en-Kentucky-en-name--ROuHYnS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 18 27 11 Disambiguation of 'Territories': 11 33 19 26 10
  3. University of Kentucky. Synonyms: Bluegrass State, Corn-cracker State, Dark and Bloody Ground State, Hemp State, Kaintuck, Tobacco State
    Sense id: en-Kentucky-en-name--hf~7m1j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 18 27 11 Derived forms: Dutch-Kentucky syndrome, Kenfucky, Kensucky, Kentuckian, Kentucky coffeetree, Kentucky warbler, Kentucky rifle, Kentucky windage, KFC, KY, Ky.
  4. The Kentucky River, a river in the United States, a tributary of the Ohio River. Categories (place): Places in the United States, Rivers in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kentucky-en-name-yHU2EbK1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 18 27 11
  5. An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Michigan.
    Sense id: en-Kentucky-en-name-Kqco2t73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 18 27 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (Federal District): Washington, D.C. Related terms (States): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming Translations (US state): كِنْتَاكِي (kintākī) [masculine] (Arabic), ᎬᏅᏓᎩ (gvnvdagi) (Cherokee), 肯德基 (hang² taap³ gei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 肯塔基 (Kěntǎjī) (Chinese Mandarin), Kentucky (Czech), Kentucky (Danish), Kentukio (Esperanto), Kentucky (Finnish), Kentucky [masculine] (French), Kentucky [masculine] (Galician), კენტუკი (ḳenṭuḳi) (Georgian), Kentucky (German), Κεντάκι (Kentáki) [neuter] (Greek), केंटकी (kẽṭkī) (Hindi), कॅण्टकी (kĕṇṭakī) (Hindi), Kentucky (Hungarian), Kentucky [masculine] (Italian), ケンタッキー州 (Kentakkī-shū) (Japanese), ケンタッキー (Kentakkī) (Japanese), កេនតាក់គី (keentakkii) (Khmer), 켄터키 (Kenteoki) (Korean), ເຄນທັກກີ (khēn thak kī) (Lao), Kentukia [feminine] (Latin), Kentuckia [feminine] (Latin), Chentuchia [feminine] (Latin), Kentucky (Limburgish), Кента́ки (Kentáki) [masculine] (Macedonian), Kentákii hahoodzo (Navajo), Kentucky [masculine] (Occitan), Kentucky [neuter] (Polish), Kentucky [masculine] (Portuguese), Kentucky (Romanian), Кенту́кки (Kentúkki) [masculine] (Russian), Kentucky [masculine] (Sardinian), Kentucky [masculine] (Spanish), కెంటకీ (keṇṭakī) (Telugu), เคนทักกี (ken-ták-gîi) (Thai), Kentucky (Turkish), Кенту́кі m Кенту́ккі (Kentúki) [masculine, obsolete] (Ukrainian), קענטאָקי (kentoki) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'Federal District': 34 21 9 31 5 Disambiguation of 'States': 48 4 2 44 2 Disambiguation of 'US state': 54 0 0 46 0

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Кенту́кки"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 0 0 46 0",
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      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 0 46 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 0 46 0",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "keṇṭakī",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "కెంటకీ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 0 46 0",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ken-ták-gîi",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "เคนทักกี"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 0 46 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 0 46 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "since 2019"
      ],
      "roman": "Kentúki",
      "sense": "US state",
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        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 0 46 0",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kentoki",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "קענטאָקי"
    }
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    "Kentucky"
  ],
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}
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    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Iroquoian languages",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌki",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌki/3 syllables"
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    {
      "word": "Dutch-Kentucky syndrome"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kenfucky"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kensucky"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kentuckian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kentucky coffeetree"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kentucky warbler"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kentucky rifle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kentucky windage"
    },
    {
      "word": "KFC"
    },
    {
      "word": "KY"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ky."
    }
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        "title": "Unclear"
      },
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      "name": "unk"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "the meadow"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gëdá'geh",
        "t": "at the field"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unclear. Possibly from an Iroquoian word meaning \"prairie\"; compare Mohawk kenhtà:ke (“the meadow”), Seneca gëdá'geh (“at the field”).",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "sense": "States",
      "word": "Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Federal District",
      "word": "Washington, D.C."
    },
    {
      "sense": "Territories",
      "word": "American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Kentucky, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:States of the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "Frankfort",
          "Frankfort#English"
        ],
        [
          "Louisville",
          "Louisville"
        ],
        [
          "Commonwealth",
          "Commonwealth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Australia",
        "en:Places in New South Wales",
        "en:Villages in Australia",
        "en:Villages in New South Wales"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Uralla Shire, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Uralla",
          "Uralla#English"
        ],
        [
          "Northern Tablelands",
          "Northern Tablelands#English"
        ],
        [
          "New South Wales",
          "New South Wales#English"
        ],
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "University of Kentucky."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Rivers in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Kentucky River, a river in the United States, a tributary of the Ohio River."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Michigan."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtʌki/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛnˈtʌki/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌki"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-Kentucky.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/En-us-Kentucky.ogg/En-us-Kentucky.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/En-us-Kentucky.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Bluegrass State"
    },
    {
      "word": "Corn-cracker State"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dark and Bloody Ground State"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hemp State"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kaintuck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tobacco State"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kintākī",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كِنْتَاكِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "gvnvdagi",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "ᎬᏅᏓᎩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hang² taap³ gei¹",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "肯德基"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Kěntǎjī",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "肯塔基"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentukio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳenṭuḳi",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "კენტუკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Kentáki",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Κεντάκι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kẽṭkī",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "केंटकी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kĕṇṭakī",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "कॅण्टकी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kentakkī-shū",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "ケンタッキー州"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kentakkī",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "ケンタッキー"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "keentakkii",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "កេនតាក់គី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Kenteoki",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "켄터키"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khēn thak kī",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "ເຄນທັກກີ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentukia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentuckia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chentuchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Kentáki",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Кента́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentákii hahoodzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kentúkki",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Кенту́кки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "keṇṭakī",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "కెంటకీ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ken-ták-gîi",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "เคนทักกี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "Kentucky"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "since 2019"
      ],
      "roman": "Kentúki",
      "sense": "US state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Кенту́кі m Кенту́ккі"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kentoki",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "קענטאָקי"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kentucky"
  ],
  "word": "Kentucky"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Kentúkki vs. Kentúki",
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  "subsection": "proper noun",
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}

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