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Kentucky (U.S. America)

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so called in 1782, from its principal river. It was admitted into the union in 1792. The nickname of the inhabitants is Corn-crackers. Indian Shawnoese Kentuckee = “head or long river.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Kennedy
Kennel
Kenno
Kensington
Kent (Latin, Cantium)
Kent’s Hole
Kent Street Ejectment
Kentish Fire
Kentish Moll
Kentishmen’s Tails
Kentucky (U.S. America)
Kepler’s Fairy
Kepler’s Laws (Johann Kepler, 1571–1630):
Kerchief of Plesaunce
Kerna
Kernel
Kersey
Kerseymere
Kerzereh or Kerzrah
Kesora
Kestrel

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Kentucky