Tennessee

American  

[ten-uh-see] / ˌtɛn əˈsi /

noun

1. a state in the southeastern United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Nashville. TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.

2. a river flowing from eastern Tennessee through northern Alabama, western Tennessee, and southwestern Kentucky into the Ohio near Paducah. 652 miles (1,050 km) long.

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Tennessee British  

/ ˌtɛnɪˈsiː /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Tenn, TN. a state of the E central US: consists of a plain in the west, rising to the Appalachians and the Cumberland Plateau in the east. Capital: Nashville. Pop: 5 841 748 (2003 est). Area: 109 412 sq km (42 244 sq miles)

2. a river in the E central US, flowing southwest from E Tennessee into N Alabama, then west and north to the Ohio River at Paducah: the longest tributary of the Ohio; includes a series of dams and reservoirs under the Tennessee Valley Authority. Length: 1049 km (652 miles)

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Tennessee Cultural  

1. State in the south-central United States bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north; North Carolina to the east; Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south; and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. Its capital is Nashville, and its largest city is Memphis.

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One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

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Early this year, in a $1.25-trillion deal, SpaceX acquired his artificial-intelligence company xAI, which had built two advanced data centers in Tennessee and Mississippi that Musk wants to expand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

US authorities have recaptured a convicted murderer who escaped a Tennessee prison more than a week ago.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Tesla already has a supercomputing cluster in Texas, while SpaceX operates data centers in Mississippi and Tennessee.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

In its lawsuit filed in a federal court in Tennessee, the FTC joined states including Alabama, Arizona and New Jersey to allege “pervasive and systemic pricing inaccuracies, rather than isolated or accidental errors.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

His mother, wanting the best for him, sent him off to learn a trade in Tennessee under the watchful eye of a white tailor there.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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