肯塔基

kěn tǎ jī

Kentucky, US state

肯

kěn

old variant of 肯[ken3]

塔

tǎ

pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4])

基

jī

(bound form) base; foundation