Owensboro

O·wens·bor·o

O0202500 (ō′ĭnz-bûr′ō, -bŭr′ō) A city of northwest Kentucky on the Ohio River west-southwest of Louisville. Settled c. 1800, it is a tobacco market and shipping point for a farm region.

Ow•ens•bor•o

(ˈoʊ ənzˌbɜr oʊ, -ˌbʌr oʊ)

n. a city in NW Kentucky, on the Ohio River. 57,340.

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Owensboro - a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco marketBluegrass State, Kentucky, KY - a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses

Owensboro

Owensboro,

city (1990 pop. 53,549), seat of Daviess co., W Ky., on the Ohio River; settled c.1800, inc. as a city 1866. It is an important tobacco market and a shipping point for a farm and oil region. Food, coal, and steel are processed, and there is diverse manufacturing, including limestone, whiskey, electrical motors, rubber gaskets, vinyl windows, office furniture, fertilizer, and tobacco products. Confederates attacked and burned part of the city, including the courthouse, in 1864. Owensboro is home to Kentucky Wesleyan College, Brescia Univ., a museum of science and history, and an art museum.

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noun a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River

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