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Knox·ville (näks′vil′)

city in E Tenn., on the Tennessee River: pop. 174,000

Etymology: after Gen. Henry Knox (1750-1806), 1st secretary of war

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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