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Definition: KY |
KYNoun1. A state in east central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "KY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references) |
Note: Ky \Ky\, noun. plural Kine. [Scottish]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Ky |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Commonwealth of Kentucky
(In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: Bluegrass State ![]()
Other U.S. StatesCapital Frankfort Largest City Louisville Area
- Total
- Land
- Water
- % waterRanked 37th
104,749 km²
102,989 km²
1,760 km²
1.7%Population
- Total (2000)
- DensityRanked 25th
4,041,769
39/km²Admittance into Union
- Order
- Date
15th
June 1, 1792Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Central: UTC-6/-5
eastern counties in Eastern Timezone, western counties in Western TimezoneLatitude
Longitude36°30'N to 39°9'N
81°58'W to 89°34'WWidth
Length
Elevation
-Highest
-Mean
-Lowest225 km
610 km
1,262 meters
230 meters
78 metersISO 3166-2: US-KY Kentucky is a southern state of The United States Of America and was the 15th state admitted to the Union.
Kentucky and its residents are probably most well known for thoroughbred horses and racing, local whiskey distilleries and unbridled fanaticism for basketball. The two principal rivals in the state are the University of Kentucky (blue, Wildcats) and the University of Louisville (red, Cardinals).
Several US Navy ships have been named USS Kentucky in honor of the state.
History
Kentucky is one of four states to call itself a commonwealth. At one point in time, Kentucky was a county of Virginia. Ten constitutional conventions took place at the courthouse of Constitution Square in Danville, Kentucky between 1784-1792. In 1790, Kentucky delegates accepted Virginia's terms for separation, and the state constitution was drafted at the final convention in April 1792. On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union and Isaac Shelby, a Revolutionary War hero, was named the first Governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky.
On May 20, 1861 during the American Civil War, Kentucky proclaimed its neutrality in the conflict but was forced to take the side of the Union on September 3 when Confederate forces under General Leonidas Polk invaded.
Law and Government
The capital of Kentucky is Frankfort and its governor is Paul E. Patton (Democrat). Kentucky's two U.S. senators are Jim Bunning (Republican) and Mitch McConnell (Republican). The Kentucky Constitution provides for three branches of government: the legislative, the judicial, and the executive. Kentucky's General Assembly has two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.See List of Kentucky Governors.
Geography
See: List of Kentucky countiesKentucky, also known as The Bluegrass State, borders the Midwest and Deep South. It touches West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, and is bordered on the north by the Ohio River. There are five main regions, the Cumberland Mountains and Cumberland Plateau in the southeast, the north-central Bluegrass Region, the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau, also sometimes termed "Pennyrile", the western coal-fields area, and the far-west Jackson Purchase.
The largest cities in Kentucky in terms of geographic area are the two metro city/counties of Lexington and Louisville, although Louisville has a much larger metropolitan population. Northern Kentucky, an assemblage of smaller cities across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio, also has a large metropolitan population.
Significant Natural Attractions
- Cumberland Falls State Park
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Red River Gorge Geological Area
- Land Between the Lakes
Economy
The total gross state product for 1999 was $113 billion, placing Kentucky 26th in the nation. Its Per Capita Personal Income is $24,294, 40th in the nation. Kentucky's agricultural outputs are horses, cattle, tobacco,dairy products, hogs, soybeans, and corn. Its industrial outputs are transportation equipment, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, food processing, tobacco products, coal, and tourism.
- Ashland
- Bowling Green
- Covington
- Danville
- Elizabethtown
- Erlanger
- Florence
- Fort Thomas
- Frankfort
- Georgetown
- Henderson
- Hopkinsville
- Horse Cave
- Lexington
- Louisville
- Madisonville
- Newport
- Nicholasville
- Owensboro
- Paducah
- Pikeville
- Radcliff
- Richmond
- Winchester
Education
- Alice Lloyd College
- Asbury College
- Asbury Theological Seminary
- Bellarmine College
- Berea College
- Brescia College
- Campbellsville University
- Centre College
- Clear Creek Baptist Bible College
- Cumberland College
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Georgetown College
- Kentucky Christian College
- Kentucky Mountain Bible College
- Kentucky State University
- Kentucky Wesleyan College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Mid-Continent College
- Midway College
- Morehead State University
- Murray State University
- Northern Kentucky University
- Pikeville College
- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Spalding University
- Sullivan University
- Thomas More College
- Transylvania University
- Union College
- University of Kentucky
- University of Louisville
- Western Kentucky University
- Ashland Community College
- Ashland Technical College
- Bowling Green Technical College
- Central Kentucky Technical College
- Elizabethtown Community College
- Elizabethtown Technical College
- Hazard Community College
- Henderson Community College
- Hopkinsville Community College
- Gateway Community and Technical Colleges
- Jefferson Community College
- Jefferson Technical College
- Madisonville Community and Technical Colleges
- Mayo Technical College
- Maysville Community College
- Owensboro Community College
- Owensboro Technical College
- Paducah Community College
- Prestonburg Community College
- Rowan Technical College
- Somerset Community College
- West Kentucky Technical College
Professional Sports Teams
The Minor League baseball teams are:
- Florence Freedom
- Louisville Bats
- Lexington Legends
The Minor League hockey teams are:
- Lexington Men O'War
- Louisville Panthers
The National Indoor Football League teams are:
- Lexington Horsemen
Miscellaneous Information
- State Bird: Cardinal.
- State Flower: Goldenrod.
- State Tree: Tulip Tree.
- State Horse: Thoroughbred.
- State Fish: Kentucky Bass.
- State Wild Animal: Grey Squirrel.
- State Butterfly: Viceroy Butterfly.
- State Gemstone: Fresh Water Pearl.
- State Fossil: Brachiopod.
- State Song: "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen Collins Foster-1853
- State Bluegrass Song: "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe-1947
- State Motto: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall"
External Links
- http://kentucky.gov
- http://www.kentuckytourism.com
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kentucky."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz
- Kyd, Thomas, (1558 - 1594), English dramatist
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by name: Ky."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
KY | Danish | Caymanøerne | Geography |
KY | Dutch | Caymaneilanden | Geography |
KY | English | Keying device | N/A |
KY | Finnish | Caymansaaret | Geography |
KY | French | Les Iles Cayman | Geography |
KY | German | Kaimaninseln | Geography |
KY | Greek | Νήσοι Κάυμαν· Νήσοι Κέιμαν | Geography |
KY | Italian | Isole Cayman | Geography |
KY | Portuguese | Ilhas Caimão | N/A |
KY | Spanish | Islas Caimán | Geography |
KY | Swedish | Caymanöarna | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: KYSynonyms: Bluegrass State (n), Kentucky (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: KY |
| English words defined with "KY": Kee. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "KY" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (it, that, these, this, this here), Hawaiian (these, this, this here), Portuguese (Cayman Islands). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ky. Knights Templar Parade at Louisville (1901) Ky Kapers (1977) | |
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Theater & Movies | |||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Harvesting potatoes. Jefferson county, KY. September 1940. Credit: USDA. | ![]() | Diagonal view of orchestra, proscenium and stage, curtains open. Copy of 1928 photo of completed theater interior, by Canfield and Shook, photographers, courtesy of Drew Eberson, Stamford, Connecticut. (Reproduction Number: HABS, KY,56-LOUVI,17-47) Going to the movies became quite an event in the 1920s. Large, urban motion picture "palaces" originally incorporated all the amenities found in live theaters, even out-doing them in scale and opulence and adding concert hall features such as great electric pipe organs and elaborately decorated lobbies. The Loew's Theatre chain hired nationally-known theater architect John Eberson, who designed this 1928 theater in a Spanish influenced style called Churrigueresque. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | U.S. Army Air Forces. Convalescent Hospital, Bowman Field, Louisville, Ky. : Aerial view. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Thomas, Ky. : Elevated view. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Waiting for the next Ky move]. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Southern remedies. HAH & Co. [device]. The Hindoo remedy for asiatic cholera, cholera morbus, dysentery, diarrhea, cramp colic, & c. Prepared by H.A. Hughes & Co., druggists, Louisville, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Mississippi River, Columbus, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Third Ave., Louisville, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Fourth Ave., Louisville, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mammoth Cave, Ky.--looking backward / Miss Johnston. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Textures" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "Paducka, KY Quilt Show 2003." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "KY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "KY" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 95.83% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "KY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ky | Last name | 130 | 62,620 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Columbia Financial KY Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
louisville ky | 6,655 | harrodsburg ky | 133 |
lexington ky | 3,721 | ky map | 133 |
ky lottery | 1,132 | cave city ky | 116 |
ky jelly | 608 | lawrenceburg ky | 114 |
ky | 549 | grayson ky | 111 |
london ky | 512 | hebron ky | 108 |
fort knox ky | 327 | mammoth cave ky | 108 |
murray ky | 284 | monticello ky | 105 |
ky lotto | 271 | louisville ky hotel | 99 |
hopkinsville ky | 253 | ky power ball | 98 |
fort campbell ky | 236 | cumberland lake ky | 95 |
maysville ky | 217 | ky newspaper | 93 |
morehead ky | 214 | burlington ky | 92 |
henderson ky | 208 | williamsburg ky | 91 |
jackson ky | 205 | louisa ky | 89 |
madisonville ky | 188 | mayfield ky | 88 |
hazard ky | 167 | free ky | 83 |
ky state park | 154 | mount sterling ky | 83 |
jamestown ky | 142 | leitchfield ky | 82 |
winchester ky | 136 | versailles ky | 82 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "KY": kyack, kyacks, kyak, kyaks, kyanise, kyanised, kyanises, kyanising, kyanite, kyanites, kyanize, kyanized, kyanizes, kyanizing, kyar, kyars, kyat, kyats, kybosh, kyboshed, kyboshes, kyboshing, kylices, kylikes, kylix, kymogram, kymograms, kymograph, kymographic, kymographies, kymographs, kymography, kyphoses, kyphosis, kyphotic, kyrie, kyries, kyte, kytes, kythe, kythed, kythes, kything. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "KY": alky, autarky, balky, barky, baulky, beaky, blocky, bosky, braky, bricky, bulky, bullocky, buttinsky, caky, casky, chalky, cheeky, chinky, choky, chucky, chunky, clunky, cocky, colicky, conky, cooky, corky, cracky, cranky, creaky, croaky, dicky, dinky, dorky, drecky, droshky, drosky, ducky, dumky, dusky, ensky, euroky, euryoky, finicky, finnicky, flaky, flecky, flocky, fluky, flunky, folky. (additional references) | |
Words containing "KY": alkyd, alkyds, alkyl, alkylate, alkylated, alkylates, alkylating, alkylation, alkylations, alkylic, alkyls, alkyne, alkynes, ankylosaur, ankylosaurs, ankylosaurus, ankylosauruses, ankylose, ankylosed, ankyloses, ankylosing, ankylosis, ankylostomiases, ankylostomiasis, ankylotic, backyard, backyards, brickyard, brickyards, buckyball, buckyballs, dickys, dockyard, dockyards, droshkys, droskys, enskyed, enskying, hokypokies, junkyard, junkyards, lekythi, lekythoi, lekythos, lekythus, skyborne, skybox, skyboxes, skycap, skycaps, skydive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "y": Bousy, Fruit'y, fusty, gry, -ly, my, Sny, spry, Sy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "k-y" | |
+1 letter: kay, key, sky, yak, yok, yuk. | |
+2 letters: alky, caky, dyke, fyke, icky, inky, joky, kayo, kays, keys, kyak, kyar, kyat, kyte, laky, okay, poky, ryke, syke, tyke, yack, yaks, yank, yelk, yerk, yeuk, yock, yoke, yoks, yolk, yuck, yuks. | |
+3 letters: alkyd, alkyl, balky, barky, beaky, bosky, braky, bulky, cakey, casky, choky, cocky, conky, cooky, corky, dicky, dikey, dinky, dorky, ducky, dumky, dusky, dyked, dykes, dykey, ensky, fakey, flaky, fluky, folky, forky, funky, fykes, gawky, geeky, gooky, gunky, hanky, hokey, honky, hooky, hulky, hunky, husky, jacky, jerky, jokey, junky, kaury, kayak, kayos, kelly, kelpy, kerry, keyed, kicky, kiddy, kilty, kinky, kissy, kitty, kooky, kumys, kyack, kyaks, kyars, kyats, kylix, kyrie, kytes, kythe, lanky, larky, leaky, linky, lucky, milky, mirky, mucky, murky, musky, narky, nooky, okays, pawky, peaky, pecky, perky, pesky, picky, pinky, pocky, pokey, porky, punky, quaky, reeky, rekey, risky, rocky, rooky, ryked, rykes, sarky, shaky, silky, skiey, skyed, skyey, smoky, snaky, spiky, sulky, sykes, tacky, talky, tokay, tykes, wacky, wonky, yacks, yanks, yapok, yelks, yerks, yeuks, yeuky, yikes, yocks, yoked, yokel, yokes, yolks, yolky, yucks, yucky, zinky. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4559 |
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