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Tennessee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˌtenəˈsiː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˌtɛnəˈsiː/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌtɪnəˈsiː/ (US, pin-pen-merger)

Etymology

From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.

Meanings

1. The Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina.
   • The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration. Tennessees vary a lot in fall; some are almost pure white below, mimicking spring plumage, while immatures like the one pictured on page 304 can be quite yellow below. 2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 303:

Forms

Tennessee en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˌtenəˈsiː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˌtɛnəˈsiː/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌtɪnəˈsiː/ (US, pin-pen-merger)

Etymology

From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.

Meanings

1. A state of the United States.
   • The relationship between a hairstylist and a client can be far more than simply somebody to cut and shape hair, which is why Tennessee is the latest state to require cosmetologists to complete training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic abuse. 2022 January 5, Kaanita Iyer, “Tennessee is the latest state to require hairstylists to complete domestic violence training”, in CNN:
   • Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go, my honey oh back to Tennessee It's beefsteak when I'm workin, whiskey when I'm dry, and sweet heaven when I die 2011, Gillian Welch, “Tennessee”, in The Harrow & the Harvest, performed by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings:
2. A river in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River.
3. A village in McDonough County, Illinois.
4. A male given name.
5. A female given name.

Deriveds

tennessine · Tennesseian · TN · Tennessee rifle · Tennessee windage · Treeing Tennessee Brindle · Tennesseean · State of Tennessee · Tennessean

Translations (84)

ta டென்னிசி (state) · ar تِينِيسِي (state) · bn টেনেসী (state) · la Tennessia (state) · fr Tennessee (state) · ne टेनेसी (state) · lt Tenesis (state) · pms Tenessì (state) · mhr Теннесси (state) · uz Теннесси (state) · pl Tennessee (state) · pt Tennessee (state) · eo Tenesio (state) · ce Теннесси́ (state) · pi ṭenisī (state) · de Tennessee (state) · te టేనస్సీ (state) · sk Tennessee (state) · yi טענעסי (state) · sm Tenesi (state) · bpy টেনেসি (state) · my တင်နက်ဆီပြည်နယ် (state) · ml ടെന്നസി (state) · os Теннесси (state) · es Tennessee (state) · mk Тенеси (state) · ru Теннесси́ (state) · mai टेनेसी (state) · lv Tenesī (state) · kk Теннесси (state) · mn Теннесси (state) · tt Теннесси́ (state) · cs Tennessee (state) · xmf ტენესი (state) · gl Tennessee (state) · da Tennessee (state) · it Tennessee (state) · fi Tennessee (state) · gu ટેનેસી (state) · uk Теннессі́ (state) · lo ເທນເນດຊີ (state) · bg Тенеси́ (state) · ba Теннесси (state) · ko 테네시 (state) · yue 田納西 /田纳西 (state) · az Tennessi (state) · pa ਟੈਨੇਸੀ (state) · th เทนเนสซี (state) · xal Теннесси (state) · el Τενεσί (state) · uz Tennessi (state) · ht Tenèsi (state) · kw Tennessi (state) · cmn 田納西 /田纳西 (state) · ka ტენესი (state) · bua Теннесси (state) · gur Tenesi (state) · el Τεννεσσή (state) · ja テネシー (state) · chr ᏔᎾᏏ (state) · sa टेनेसी (state) · tr Tennessee (state) · am ቴነሲ (state) · mrj Теннесси (state) · la Tennesia (state) · sah Теннесси (state) · hy Թենեսի (state) · mr टेनसी (state) · km តេណេសស៊ី (state) · new टेनिसी (state) · cv Теннесси (state) · bh टेनेसी (state) · he טנסי (state) · nv Ténésii hahoodzo (state) · kbp Tenesii (state) · sgs Tenesis (state) · hi टेनेसी (state) · be Тэнесі (state) · ta டென்னசி (state) · unm Tènësi (state) · ro Tennessee (state) · bo ཐེན་ནེ་སི (state) · es Tenesí (state) · haw Kenekī (state)