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Tennessee Definition

Ten·nes·see (ten′ə sē′)

  1. state of the EC U.S.: admitted, 1796; 41,217 sq mi (106,752 sq km); pop. 5,689,000; cap. Nashville: abbrev. TN or Tenn

  2. river flowing from NE Tenn. through N Ala. & W Tenn. into the Ohio River: 652 mi (1,049 km)

Etymology: < Tanasi, Cherokee village name

Tennessee Quotes

I was inTennessee 24 hours and got 99 years.

—Ray,James Earl

I placed a jar inTennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill.

—Stevens,Wallace