HOW TO PRONOUNCE
kentucky
/kənˈtʌki/
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Give “tuck” the main stress.
The first vowel is relaxed. Make the middle vowel, as in cup, stand out and finish with a lighter ee vowel after the hard k sound.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“She studied at a college in Kentucky.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does kentucky mean?
proper noun
- A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.
- A village in Uralla Shire and the Tamworth council area, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
- Ellipsis of University of Kentucky.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Michigan.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈtʌki/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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See this word in context.
The evening's entertainment concluded by Sam's relating a little of his own experience while with his first master, in old Kentucky.
From one of the proudest families in Kentucky he had inherited a set of fine European features, and a high, indomitable spirit.
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When we moved from Kentucky to Missouri, I took a severe cold on the boat, which made me an invalid for years.
Audubon tells of a certain plane tree in Kentucky where he counted over nine thousand of these swifts clinging to the hollow trunk.
It is well known that several animals, belonging to the most different classes, which inhabit the caves of Carniola and Kentucky, are blind.