Meaning of Tennessee

Ten•nes•see

Pronunciation: (ten"u-sē'), [key]

— n.

a state in the SE United States. 4,590,750; 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Cap.: Nashville. Abbr.: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
a river flowing from E Tennessee through N Alabama, W Tennessee, and SW Kentucky into the Ohio near Paducah. 652 mi. (1050 km) long.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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tennessee (Thesaurus)

Tennessean Tennessee Valley Authority

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