Kentucky

geographical name

Ken·​tucky kən-ˈtə-kē 

1

river 259 miles (417 kilometers) long in the north central part of the state of Kentucky flowing northwest into the Ohio River

2

state of the east central U.S. bordering Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois along the Ohio River and Missouri along the Mississippi River; capital Frankfort area 40,395 square miles (105,027 square kilometers), population 4,339,367

3

artificial lake formed by the Kentucky Dam in the Tennessee River in southwestern Kentucky extending into northwestern Tennessee

Kentuckian

kən-ˈtə-kē-ən 

adjective or noun