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so called in 1782, from its principal river. It was admitted into the union in 1792. The nickname of the inhabitants is Corn-crackers. Indian Shawnoese Kentuckee = “head or long river.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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