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The name "Kentucky" likely comes from the word for "meadow lands" in Iroquoian, but has several other possible origins. [citation needed] Europeans adopted the name to apply to the state. "Bluegrass" is a common name given in the United States for grass of the Poa genus, the most famous being the Kentucky bluegrass. [7]
The name Kentucky bluegrass derives from its flower heads, which are blue when the plant is allowed to grow to its natural height of 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 feet). [9] Poa pratensis is the type species of the grass family Poaceae. Five subspecies are accepted. [10] Poa pratensis subsp. dolichophylla (Hack.) Portal – Corsica
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-07117-4; Ewing, Tom. 2018. Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-04189-1; Erbson, Wayne. 2003 Rural Roots of Bluegrass: Songs Stories and History : Native Ground Music.
Wylie Caudill holds a bottle of Woodford Reserve’s commemorative 2024 Kentucky Derby bourbon, featuring his art work, during a press conference at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday ...
Kentucky's flag has a navy blue background with the Seal of Kentucky in the middle. 1928 [2] [3] Latin motto: Deo gratiam habeamus "Let us be grateful to God" 2002 — [4] Motto: United we stand, divided we fall: 1942 — [4] Nickname: The Bluegrass State The bluegrass that grows in the state's pasture land Traditional — [5] Seal: The Seal of ...
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. [1] The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. [2] Like mainstream country music, it largely developed out of old-time music.
The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. Bluegrass music is of particular regional importance; Bill Monroe, "the father of bluegrass music", was born in the Ohio County community of Rosine, and he named his band, the Blue Grass Boys, after the bluegrass state, i.e., Kentucky.