Perhaps the Upland south best describes it,
Bluegrass State flag
Kentucky Agate- but coal is the state mineral.
The official State bird is the Cardinal.
Kentucky's Nickname is The Bluegrass State.
The Northern Cardinal was adopted as state bird of Kentucky in the year 1926.
The abbreviation for the US State of Kentucky is Ky.
Kentucky's state motto is "United We Stand, Divided We Fall".
No state has their own anthem, but there are songs that are thought of as national anthems, because they are sung in that state so much.
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From the Native Americans who referred to the region as Catawba. From that Cane-tuck-ee, Cantucky, Kain-tuck-ee, and Kentuckee before its modern spelling was accepted
Examples of dishes in the Bluegrass State include: The Hot Brown, a mint julep, Johnny Cakes, goetta, and burgoo.