Bluegrass State - a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horsesLexington - a city in eastern Kentucky; noted for raising thoroughbred horses Louisville - the largest city in Kentucky; located in north central Kentucky on the Ohio river; site of the Kentucky Derby Owensboro - a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market Paducah - a town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River Cumberland River, Cumberland - a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky Tennessee River, Tennessee - a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky |