Kearney
Regional
- Meaning
- Local pronunciation of Kearney, Nebraska
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Nebraska
What does “Kearney” mean
The central Nebraska city of Kearney is pronounced 'CAR-nee' by locals, not 'KEER-nee' as the spelling suggests. It is one of the touchstone Nebraska place-name pronunciations, and getting it wrong marks a speaker as an outsider. The pronunciation derives from nearby Fort Kearny and the surname's older sound.
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