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Tennessee

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ten′ə sē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ten•nes•see  (ten′ə sē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa 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.
  2. Place Namesa river flowing from E Tennessee through N Alabama, W Tennessee, and SW Kentucky into the Ohio near Paducah. 652 mi. (1050 km) long.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Tennessee /ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ n
  1. a state of the E central US: consists of a plain in the west, rising to the Appalachians and the Cumberland Plateau in the east. Capital: Nashville. Pop: 5 841 748 (2003 est). Area: 109 412 sq km (42 244 sq miles)Abbreviation: Tenn., (with zip code) TN
  2. a river in the E central US, flowing southwest from E Tennessee into N Alabama, then west and north to the Ohio River at Paducah: the longest tributary of the Ohio; includes a series of dams and reservoirs under the Tennessee Valley Authority. Length: 1049 km (652 miles)
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