Nashville

American  

[nash-vil] / ˈnæʃ vɪl /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Tennessee, in the central part: battle 1864.

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Nashville British  

/ ˈnæʃvɪl /

noun

1. a city in central Tennessee, the state capital, on the Cumberland River: an industrial and commercial centre, noted for its recording industry. Pop (including Davidson): 544 765 (2003 est)

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Nashville Cultural  

1. City in central Tennessee.

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Center of country music.

Example Sentences

A new award for best traditional country album has been added, after some in Nashville felt that the more modern pop-country sound was drowning out artists with a more pure country sound.

From Barron's

Beyoncé's win especially rattled insiders in Nashville's powerful country music establishment, who took issue with what they saw as a disregard for the typical Music City rise and rollout.

From BBC

Threaded with fiddle, piano and lead vocal by his son Jaime, “Nashville Skyline” is an elegy for Nashville’s rapacious gentrification as well as a love lost to time.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the 95 categories Mason refers to is a new award for traditional country album, which the academy added this year in response to a request from the organization’s Nashville contingent.

From Los Angeles Times

Nonprofit municipal electricity company Nashville Electric Service said on Sunday that ice had caused tree branches to snap and fall on electric lines.

From Barron's