Kentucky
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Map of US highlighting Kentucky
English
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from an Iroquoian word meaning "prairie"; compare Mohawk kenhtà:ke (“the meadow”), Seneca gëdá'geh (“at the field”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈtʌki/
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɛnˈtʌki/
- (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /kɛnˈtʊki/
- Rhymes: -ʌki
Proper noun
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.
- A village in Uralla Shire, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
- University of Kentucky.
- The Kentucky River, a river in the United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.
- An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Michigan.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
US state
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See also
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| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Kentucky.
Proper noun
Kentucky (genitive Kentuckys)
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kentucky
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
Declension
- After the pronunciation (more common):
| Inflection of Kentucky (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Kentucky | — | |
| genitive | Kentuckyn | — | |
| partitive | Kentuckya | — | |
| illative | Kentuckyyn | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kentucky | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kentucky | — |
| gen. | Kentuckyn | ||
| genitive | Kentuckyn | — | |
| partitive | Kentuckya | — | |
| inessive | Kentuckyssa | — | |
| elative | Kentuckysta | — | |
| illative | Kentuckyyn | — | |
| adessive | Kentuckylla | — | |
| ablative | Kentuckylta | — | |
| allative | Kentuckylle | — | |
| essive | Kentuckyna | — | |
| translative | Kentuckyksi | — | |
| abessive | Kentuckytta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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- After the spelling:
| Inflection of Kentucky (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Kentucky | — | |
| genitive | Kentuckyn | — | |
| partitive | Kentuckyä | — | |
| illative | Kentuckyyn | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kentucky | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kentucky | — |
| gen. | Kentuckyn | ||
| genitive | Kentuckyn | — | |
| partitive | Kentuckyä | — | |
| inessive | Kentuckyssä | — | |
| elative | Kentuckystä | — | |
| illative | Kentuckyyn | — | |
| adessive | Kentuckyllä | — | |
| ablative | Kentuckyltä | — | |
| allative | Kentuckylle | — | |
| essive | Kentuckynä | — | |
| translative | Kentuckyksi | — | |
| abessive | Kentuckyttä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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- In speech, inflects like risti.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Kentucky.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kentucky m
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Kentucky.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kentucky n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kentuckys)
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Kentucky.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kentucky m
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Kentucky.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kentucky n (indeclinable)
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
- Kentucky (a river in the United States)
Further reading
- Kentucky in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Kentucky.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kentucky m
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
Romanian
Proper noun
Kentucky n
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kentucky n (genitive singular Kentucky)
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
References
- “Kentucky”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kentucky m
- Kentucky (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
Further reading
Kentucky on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
