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Kentucky (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 085 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -85.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by early Mound Builders; was hunting ground for Shawnee, Cherokee and others when Europeans settled here in 18th cen.; infamous for bloody battles with Amerindians when pioneers moved through on way west; was divided by slavery during Civil War. |
Names: |
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| Kentucky (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | probably name is derived from Iroquois word "kentake," meaning "meadowland" |
| Kentucky (French)
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| KY (C,V,USPS)
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| קנטקי (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Blue Grass State (C,U,English)
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| Commonwealth of Kentucky (C,U,English)
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| Kenekuke (C,U,Hawaiian)
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| Kentaki (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Kentákii Hahoodzo (C,U,Navajo)
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| Kèntòki (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Kentokis (C,U,Samogitian)
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| Kentórkị (C,U,Igbo)
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| Kentucky suyu (C,U,Ayamará)
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| Kentucky suyu (Quechuan)
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| Kentuki (C,U,Latvian)
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| Kentukia (C,U,Latin)
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| Kentukio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Kentukis (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Kentukki (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Kentukki (Azerbaijani)
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| Kéntukki Shitati (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Khén-thap-kî (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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| केन्चकी (C,U,Pali)
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| केन्चकी (Newari)
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| کینٹکی (C,U,Urdu)
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| کینٹکی (Panjabi, Western)
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| ኬንታኪ (C,U,Amharic)
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| کێنتاکی (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| কেন্টাকি (C,U,Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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| কেন্টাকি (Bengali)
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| קענטאקי (C,U,Yiddish)
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| Кентуккі (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Кентукки (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Кентукки (Russian)
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| Кентукки (Tatar)
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| Кентукки (Kazakh)
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| Кентукки (Western Mari)
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| Кентукки (Chechen)
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| Кентукки (Russia Buriat)
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| Кентукки (Chuvash)
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| Кентакки (C,U,Mongolian)
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| 肯塔基州 (C,U,Chinese)
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| 肯塔基州 (Chinese, Yue)
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| 켄터키 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| कॅण्टकी (C,U,Hindi)
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| Кентъки (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| கென்டக்கி (C,U,Tamil)
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| Кентаки (C,U,Serbian)
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| Кентаки (Macedonian)
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| Кентаки (Yakut)
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| केन्टकी (C,U,Nepali)
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| കെന്റക്കി (C,U,Malayalam)
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| كنتاكى (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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| Կենտուկի (C,U,Armenian)
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| รัฐเคนทักกี (C,U,Thai)
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| کنتاکی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| کنتاکی (Mazanderani)
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| Садружнасць Кентукі (C,U,Belarusian)
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| केन्टकी (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| Κεντάκι (C,U,Greek)
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| کنتاکی ایالتی (C,U,Azerbaijani, South)
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| კენტუკი (C,U,Georgian)
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| ケンタッキー州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| كنتاكي (C,U,Arabic)
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| केंटकी (C,U,Marathi)
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| کئنتاکی (C,U,Northern Luri)
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| ਕਿੰਟਕੀ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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| Кентуки (C,U,Russian)
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| ကင်တပ်ကီပြည်နယ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| Кинтааки (C,U,Kalmyk)
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since June 1, 1792 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Frankfort .......... (inhabited place) |
| .................. |
(World, North and Central America, United States, Kentucky, Franklin county) [7013939] |
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