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Knoxville

[ noks-vil ]

noun

  1. a city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River.


Knoxville

/ ˈnɒksvɪl /

noun

  1. an industrial city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: state capital (1796–1812; 1817–19). Pop: 173 278 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“We are gathering information about this tragic situation and will provide additional information as soon as possible,” Knoxville Schools Superintendent Bob Thomas said Monday afternoon on Twitter.

Since January, four Knoxville teens died by gunfire, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel.

Before Dooley arrived in Knoxville, Lane Kiffin coached the Vols for one season, then left to take the head coaching job at Southern California.

This materials scientist works at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and did not take part in the research.

It’s roughly the distance from New York City to Knoxville, Tenn.

He wandered into Fountain City, a suburb of Knoxville, where he fended for himself.

Colin Farrell and Johnny Knoxville and Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson, and then Paris Hilton came out with one.

Alleged senior citizen thief not Johnny Knoxville in disguise.

Low-confidence cities are like Knoxville, Sacramento, Detroit.

Media reports suggest no passengers left the plane in Knoxville.

They relate to the culpable remissness of these Knoxville leaders in failing to volunteer in the cause of the Confederacy.

I had met him at Knoxville for the purpose of urging that the charters for three towns be immediately granted.

Sober Knoxville is one of the most responsible of Southern cities.

It was much more depressed than that of Knoxville or the Virginian cities.

Its a fine city, this Knoxville of yours, I ventured to remark to a stranger.

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