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Bluegrass Country

Bluegrass Country

5.5
An area in central Kentucky with green pastures and many horse farms
  • noun
  • /ˈbluːɡræs ˈkʌntri/
  • US
translation icon : Bluegrass Country
  • Many visitors come to Bluegrass Country to enjoy its beautiful landscapes and rich equestrian history.

Examples

  • Here in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Country, where champions are born... ...black, bay, and chestnut.

    The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)

  • The Bluegrass Country is famous for its lush pastures and thoroughbred horse racing.

  • In Bluegrass Country, the horse farms are known for producing some of the finest racehorses in the world.

Synonyms

Bluegrass
vsBluegrass Country
  • US
8 6.1

A region in central Kentucky known for green fields and horse farms

focuses on the breeding activity rather than land quality or farm locations
Bluegrass Region
vsBluegrass Country
4.8

A region in central Kentucky with green bluegrass pastures and famous horse farms

focuses on the breeding activity rather than the farms themselves

Surface Forms

Bluegrass Country singular
Bluegrass Countries plural

Morphology

Bluegrass + country

The meaning is directly built from the proper name 'Bluegrass' (a named region) plus 'country' (rural area/region), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes the rural area associated with Bluegrass. This [X] country naming pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, making the referent (the central Kentucky region) predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Bluegrass Country comes from the thick carpet of bluegrass that makes the pastures look blue-green in spring. Those rich fields were perfect for raising famous racehorses, so the name came to mean 'the central Kentucky area known for its rich fields and horse farms'.