Louisville

American  

[loo-ee-vil, -uh-vuhl] / ˈlu iˌvɪl, -ə vəl /

noun

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

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Louisville British  

/ 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)

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Louisville Cultural  

1. Largest city in Kentucky.

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

Other Word Forms

• Louisvillian noun

Example Sentences

A few days later, Naiser headed home to Louisville, Ky., after a stop in Michigan, where he dropped off the fish—49 pounds, 63.5 inches—to be filleted and mounted.

From The Wall Street Journal

The “glitterball” of the title, the fixture of nightclub life for decades, was created in Louisville, or so the series claims, and serves as a convoluted metaphor for that Kentucky city.

From The Wall Street Journal

Others have done so at Louisville and Santa Clara.

From The Wall Street Journal

No. 1 Connecticut routed No. 15 Tennessee by 30 to stay undefeated while Texas, No. 5 Vanderbilt, No. 6 Louisiana State and No. 7 Louisville also won Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times

UPS also said it was officially retiring its fleet of MD-11 cargo planes following a deadly crash in Louisville, Kentucky in November.

From BBC