tennessee

Noun
  1. A state in east central United States (synset 109162870)
    domain member region:
    • battle of chattanooga, chattanooga - in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
    • battle of pittsburgh landing, battle of shiloh, shiloh - the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    belongs to: confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
    has:
    • great smoky mountains national park - a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States
    • chattanooga - a city in eastern Tennessee
    • columbia - a town in west central Tennessee
    • jackson - a town in western Tennessee
    • johnson city - a town in northeastern Tennessee
    • knoxville - a city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River
    • memphis - largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
    • capital of tennessee, nashville - capital of the state of Tennessee; located in the north central part of the state on the Cumberland River; known for country music
    • clinch river - a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River
    • cumberland, cumberland river - a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
    • tennessee, tennessee river - a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky
    is a part of:
    • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    • south - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
    same as: tenn., tn, volunteer state
  2. A river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville;
    It follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky (synset 109478770)
    is an instance of: river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    is a part of:
    same as: tennessee river

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