Kentucky

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Kentucky is a southeastern U.S. state known for its horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, and diverse landscapes ranging from Appalachian mountains to fertile river valleys.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. state
federated state
admissionOrder 15
admittedToUnionOn 1792-06-01
borderedBy Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
capital Frankfort, Kentucky
surface form: Frankfort
country United States of America
eventHeldAt Churchill Downs
FIPSCode 21
governedBy Governor of Kentucky
hasFlag Flag of Kentucky
hasLandform Appalachian Mountains
Kentucky Bluegrass region
surface form: Bluegrass region

Appalachian Plateau
surface form: Cumberland Plateau

Jackson Purchase
Pennyroyal Plateau
hasMajorIndustry agriculture
automotive production
bourbon distilling
coal mining
manufacturing
hasMajorRiver Cumberland River
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Tennessee River
hasNationalForest Daniel Boone National Forest
hasNationalPark Mammoth Cave National Park
hasNickname Kentucky
surface form: Bluegrass State
hasNotableAttraction Kentucky Bourbon Trail
hasOfficialHorseRace Kentucky Derby
hasOfficialMusicGenre bluegrass
hasPublicUniversity Eastern Kentucky University
Kentucky State University
Morehead State University
Murray State University
Northern Kentucky University
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Western Kentucky University
hasSeal Seal of Kentucky
hostsEvent Kentucky Derby
ISOCode Kentucky self-linksurface differs
surface form: US-KY
knownFor bluegrass music
bourbon whiskey production
horse racing
thoroughbred horse farms
largestCity Louisville, Kentucky
surface form: Louisville
legislature Kentucky General Assembly
locatedInRegion Appalachian region
Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States

Upper South
surface form: Upland South
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
lowerHouse Kentucky House of Representatives
motto "All for one and one for all"
surface form: United we stand, divided we fall
officialLanguageDeFacto English
populationRankAmongUSStates mid-range
postalAbbreviation Kentucky self-linksurface differs
surface form: KY
secondLargestCity Lexington, Kentucky
surface form: Lexington
upperHouse Kentucky Senate

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Kentucky postalAbbreviation Kentucky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: KY
Kentucky ISOCode Kentucky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: US-KY
Missouri borderedBy Kentucky
Kentucky Colonels homeState Kentucky
Kentucky Colonels region Kentucky
Ohio Country laterIncorporatedInto Kentucky
this entity surface form: state of Kentucky
Union includedState Kentucky
LaRue County locatedIn Kentucky
LaRue County partOf Kentucky
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
LaRue County state Kentucky
West Virginia borderedBy Kentucky
Bible Belt partlyIn Kentucky
Upper South includes Kentucky
Appalachia extendsInto Kentucky
Interstate 65 stateTraversed Kentucky
Bourke v. Beshear state Kentucky
Marvin College locatedIn Kentucky
Ohio sharesBorderWith Kentucky
Indiana borderedBy Kentucky
Old Dominion hasBorderWith Kentucky
Ohio River basinIncludesState Kentucky
Kentucky Route 84 locatedIn Kentucky
Shaker majorCenters Kentucky
subject surface form: Shakers
Interstate 75 stateTraversed Kentucky
Elizabethtown, Kentucky state Kentucky
Meade County, Kentucky state Kentucky
Meade County, Kentucky subdivisionOf Kentucky
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
Radcliff, Kentucky state Kentucky
Radcliff, Kentucky countrySubdivision Kentucky
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
Vine Grove, Kentucky state Kentucky
Sam Shepard residence Kentucky