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Nashville definition

Nash·ville (nas̸h′vil; locally, -vəl)

capital of Tenn., on the Cumberland River and in Davidson county, with which it constitutes a metropolitan government (Nash′ville-Da′vidson) with a pop. of 570,000

Etymology: after Gen. Francis Nash (1720-77)

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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