Louisville

[ loo-ee-vil, -uh-vuhl ]

noun

1. a port in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River: Kentucky Derby.

Louisville

/ ˈluːɪˌvɪl /

noun

1. a port in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River: site of the annual Kentucky Derby; university (1837). Pop: 248 762 (2003 est)

Louisville

1. Largest city in Kentucky .

Notes

The Kentucky Derby , a famous horse race, is held there every spring.

Other Words From

• Lou·is·vill·ian [loo-ee-, vil, -y, uh, n], noun

Example Sentences

She takes a golf club, the country club equivalent of a Louisville slugger, and attacks his car.

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Former Louisville mayor and new White House aide Jerry Abramson could be the man who brings Obama and Mitch McConnell together.

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In Louisville and Baltimore, the horse had dashed to the front of the field, setting the pace.

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In 2011, a group from the University of Louisville reported on a new strategy for therapy.

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Louisville: Westiminster John Knox Press, 2001 Westermann, Claus.

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She had just left the wharf at Cincinnati for Louisville, with 225 passengers on board, of whom but 124 were saved.

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He was instructed to cross the river somewhere east of Louisville and to rejoin the column on its line of march through Indiana.

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She referred to other tracks at Lexington and Louisville as though they were, of course, something that everybody knew about.

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I've been in Louisville fixing this thing up and they won't have as much fun as they thought.

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I spoke of going to Louisville, to see if I could not get pay for it.

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