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Kentucky
is a
state
locatit in the
east sooth-central region
o the
Unitit States
. Awtho styled as the "State o Kentucky" in the law creautin it,
[3]
Kentucky is ane o fowr U.S. states constitutit as a
commonweel
(the ithers bein
Virginie
,
Pennsylvanie
, an
Massachusetts
). Oeeginally a pairt o
Virginie
, in 1792 Kentucky becam the 15t state tae jyne the Union. Kentucky is the
37t maist extensive
an the
26t maist populous
o the
50 Unitit States
.
Kentucky is kent as the "Bluegrass State," a nickname based on the
bluegrass
foond in mony o its pasturs due tae the fertile sile. Ane o the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky, that hooses twa o its major ceeties,
Louisville
an
Lexington
. It is a laund wi diverse environments an abundant resoorces, includin the warld's langest cave seestem,
Mammoth Cave Naitional Pairk
, the greatest lenth o navigable watterweys an streams in the
contiguous Unitit States
, an the twa lairgest man-made lochs east o the
Mississippi River
.
Kentucky is an aw kent for
horse racin
,
bourbon
distilleries,
moonshine
,
coal
, the "
My Old Kentucky Home"
historic naitional pairk,
automobile manufacturin
,
tabaccae
,
bluegrass muisic
,
college basketbaw
, an
Kentucky Fried Chicken
.
- State govrenment
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