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Lexington

Lexington is the second largest city in , located in the . Known as the Horse Capital of the World, Lexington has traditionally been dominated by the horse industry and is also heavily influenced by the University of Kentucky, the state's flagship university and the largest employer in the city.
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  • Type: City with 323,000 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Fayette County”, “Lexington-Fayette”, “Lexington-Fayette Urban County”, “Lexington-Fayette, KY”, “Lexington, Kentucky”, and “Lexington, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rupp Arena and William T. Young Library.

Stadium
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at Central Bank Center is an arena located in downtown Lexington, , . Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of , a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, which is located next to the Lexington Hyatt and Hilton hotels.

Library
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The is located on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It is named for William T. Young, a prominent local businessman, horse breeder, philanthropist and alumnus of the university, who began fundraising efforts with a donation of $5 million.

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in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, was the girlhood home of Mary Todd, the future first lady and wife of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenwick and Liberty Heights.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Sherman Avenue to the south, East Main Street to the west, railroad tracks to the north, and Richmond Avenue to the north.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Winchester Road to the north, New Circle Road to the east, and R. J. Corman railroad tracks to the west and south.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood just northwest of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It is sometimes referred to as Irishtown. Its boundaries are Manchester Street to the north, Pine Street to the east, High Street/Versailles Road to the south, and Forbes Road to the west.

Lexington

Latitude
38.0464° or 38° 2′ 47″ north
Longitude
-84.497° or 84° 29′ 49″ west
Population
323,000
Elevation
1,001 feet (305 metres)
Open location code
86CQ2GW3+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154320458
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4297999
Wiki­data ID
Q49241
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lexington” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Afrikaans: “Lexington”
  • Arabic: “ليكسنقتون”
  • Arabic: “ليكسينغتون”
  • Aragonese: “Lexington”
  • Armenian: “Լեքսինգթոն”
  • Armenian: “Լեքսինգտոն”
  • Asturian: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Asturian: “Lexington”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leksinqton”
  • Bambara: “Lexington”
  • Basque: “Lexington”
  • Belarusian: “Лексінгтан”
  • Belarusian: “Лексынгтан”
  • Bengali: “লেক্সিংটন, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bengali: “লেক্সিংটন”
  • Breton: “Lexington”
  • Bulgarian: “Лексингтън”
  • Catalan: “Lexington-Fayette”
  • Catalan: “Lexington”
  • Cebuano: “Lexington (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Kentucky)”
  • Cebuano: “Lexington-Fayette”
  • Cebuano: “Lexington”
  • Central Kurdish: “لێکسینگتن”
  • Chechen: “Лексингтон”
  • Chinese: “Lexington”
  • Chinese: “列克星敦”
  • Chinese: “列星頓”
  • Cornish: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Cornish: “Lexington”
  • Czech: “Lexington”
  • Dagbani: “Lexington”
  • Danish: “Lexington”
  • Dutch: “Lexington-Fayette”
  • Dutch: “Lexington”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليكسينجتون”
  • Esperanto: “Leksingtono”
  • Esperanto: “Lexington”
  • Estonian: “Lexington”
  • Faroese: “Lexington”
  • Finnish: “Lexington”
  • French: “Lexington-Fayette”
  • French: “Lexington”
  • Galician: “Lexington”
  • Georgian: “ლექსინგტონი”
  • German: “Horse Capital of the World”
  • German: “Lexington-Fayette, Ky.”
  • German: “Lexington-Fayette”
  • German: “Lexington”
  • Gilaki: “لکسينگتن (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “لکسينگتن”
  • Greek: “Λέξινγκτον (Κεντάκι)”
  • Greek: “Λέξινγκτον, Κεντάκι”
  • Greek: “Λέξινγκτον”
  • Gujarati: “લેક્સિંગ્ટન”
  • Haitian: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Haitian: “Lexington”
  • Hebrew: “לקסינגטון”
  • Hindi: “लेक्सिंगटन”
  • Hungarian: “Lexington”
  • Icelandic: “Lexington”
  • Ido: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Ido: “Lexington”
  • Indonesian: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Interlingua: “Lexington”
  • Irish: “Lexington-Fayette”
  • Irish: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Irish: “Lexington”
  • Italian: “Lexington”
  • Japanese: “Lexington”
  • Japanese: “レキシントン”
  • Japanese: “レキシントン＝ファイエット”
  • Japanese: “レクシントン＝ファイエット”
  • Kannada: “ಲೆಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Лексингтон”
  • Kirghiz: “Лексингтон”
  • Korean: “렉싱턴”
  • Ladin: “Lexington”
  • Latin: “Lexintonia”
  • Latvian: “Leksingtona”
  • Lithuanian: “Leksingtonas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lexington”
  • Malagasy: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Malagasy: “Lexington”
  • Malay: “Lexington”
  • Malayalam: “ലെക്സിങ്ടൺ”
  • Marathi: “लेक्झिंग्टन”
  • Marathi: “लेक्सिंग्टन”
  • Mazanderani: “لکسینگتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lexington”
  • Moksha: “Лэксингтон”
  • Navajo: “Haltsooí Háálį́”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lexington-Fayette”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lexington”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lexington i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian: “Lexington”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lexington”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Leaxingatūn (Centuccīg)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Leaxingatūn on Centuccīge”
  • Ossetian: “Лексингтон (Кентукки)”
  • Ossetian: “Лексингтон-Фейетт”
  • Ossetian: “Лексингтон”
  • Persian: “لکزینگتون”
  • Persian: “لکسینگتون”
  • Piemontese: “Lexington”
  • Polish: “Lexington”
  • Portuguese: “Lexington”
  • Romanian: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Lexington”
  • Russian: “Лексингтон”
  • Santali: “ᱞᱮᱠᱥᱥᱤᱝᱴᱳᱱ”
  • Santali: “ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱤᱝᱴᱳᱱ”
  • Sardinian: “Lexington”
  • Scots: “Lexington”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lexington”
  • Serbian: “Лексингтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lexington”
  • Silesian: “Lexington”
  • Sinhala: “ලේක්සින්ග්ටන්”
  • Slovak: “Lexington”
  • Slovenian: “Lexington”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لکزینقتون”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لکزینگتون”
  • Spanish: “Lexington (Kentucky)”
  • Spanish: “Lexington”
  • Swahili: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Swahili: “Lexington”
  • Swedish: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Lexington”
  • Tagalog: “Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky”
  • Tagalog: “Lexington-Fayette”
  • Talysh: “Lekinqston”
  • Talysh: “Leksington”
  • Tamil: “லெக்சிங்டன்”
  • Tatar: “Лексиңтон”
  • Telugu: “లెక్సింగ్టన్”
  • Thai: “เลกซิงตัน”
  • Thai: “เล็กซิงตัน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Lexington”
  • Turkish: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Lexington”
  • Ukrainian: “Лексинґтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Лексінгтон”
  • Urdu: “لیزینجتون”
  • Urdu: “لیکسنگٹن، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “لیکسنگٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Lexington”
  • Venetian: “Lexington”
  • Vietnamese: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Lexington”
  • Volapük: “Lexington”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lexington”
  • Welsh: “Lexington, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Lexington”
  • Wu Chinese: “列克星敦（肯塔基州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “列克星敦”
  • Yue Chinese: “列星頓”
  • “Lexington”

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