Tennessee

English
Map of US highlighting Tennessee

Etymology

From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌtɛn.əˈsi/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Proper noun

Tennessee

  1. A state of the United States of America Capital: Nashville.
  2. A river flowing generally westward 652 miles from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River in Kentucky.
  3. A unisex given name

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Tennessee (plural Tennessees)

  1. The Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina.
    • 2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 303:
      The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration. Tennessees vary a lot in fall; some are almost pure white below, mimicking spring plumage, while immatures like the one pictured on page 304 can be quite yellow below.

See also
  • Appendix:Place names in Tennessee

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tennessee.

Proper noun

Tennessee (genitive Tennessees)

  1. Tennessee

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tennessee m

  1. Tennessee (a river in the eastern United States)
  2. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Proper noun

Tennessee m

  1. Tennessee
  • tennesseés

See also
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