Louisville
[loo-ee-vil, -uh-vuh l]
- a port in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River: Kentucky Derby.
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Contemporary Examples
She takes a golf club, the country club equivalent of a Louisville slugger, and attacks his car.
Former Louisville mayor and new White House aide Jerry Abramson could be the man who brings Obama and Mitch McConnell together.
In Louisville and Baltimore, the horse had dashed to the front of the field, setting the pace.
In 2011, a group from the University of Louisville reported on a new strategy for therapy.
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April 10, 2014
Louisville: Westiminster John Knox Press, 2001 Westermann, Claus.
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Historical Examples
Mr. and Mrs. Saylor went to Louisville and to see Mr. Burton.
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The SearchlightMathew Joseph Holt
Louisville and Transcontinental was the one stock about which I did know something.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
I shouldn't wonder if he could help you with this Louisville stock you're so worried about.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
In Louisville he gave an account, from reports, of the battle of Perryville.
Charles Carleton CoffinWilliam Elliot Griffis, D. D.
Moved three miles nearer Louisville and encamped in a grove.
The Citizen-SoldierJohn Beatty
Louisville
- a port in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River: site of the annual Kentucky Derby; university (1837). Pop: 248 762 (2003 est)
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Louisville
[(looh-ee-vil, looh-uh-vuhl)]
Largest city in Kentucky.
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Note
The Kentucky Derby, a famous horse race, is held there every spring.
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