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(詳細はoutline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States Commonwealth of Kentucky: Kentucky – state located in the East Central United States of America, nicknamed the "Bluegrass State", due to the presence of bluegrass in many of the pastures throughout the state. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, in the East South Central region. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of total area, the 36th largest in land area, and ranks 26th in population. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is designated a commonwealth by the Kentucky Constitution and is known as the "Commonwealth of Kentucky."〔http://kentucky.gov: copyright 2009〕 ==General reference== * Names * * Common name: Kentucky * * * Pronunciation: * * Official name: Commonwealth of Kentucky * * Abbreviations and name codes * * * Postal symbol: KY * * * ISO 3166-2 code: US-KY * * * Internet second-level domain: .ky.us * * Nicknames * * * Bluegrass State (currently used on license plates)〔(Introduction to Kentucky ), 50 States.〕 * * * Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881)〔Barry Popik, (Smoky City ), barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005〕 * * * The Dark and Bloody Ground State (an allusion to battles between the Creek, Shawnee, Chickasaw, and Cherokee tribes)〔 * * *Hemp State〔 * * * Tobacco State〔 * Adjectival: Kentucky * Demonym: Kentuckian 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outline of Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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