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Knoxville

American  
[noks-vil] / ˈnɒks vɪl /

noun

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


Knoxville British  
/ 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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Iamaleava is building on everything — the good and the bad — he learned from his time in Knoxville and his first year in Westwood entering the new season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

He was married to Laura, and they had built a "very stable, consistent, beautiful life" in the Smoky mountains in Knoxville, Tennessee.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

In interspersed interviews, Knoxville and his pals reminisce about their time together with a distinct wistfulness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

In good, they’ve seen the inequality of success that’s left Knoxville in a better financial position to retire than the rest.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

In June 1942 Vannevar Bush approved the purchase of a rural fifty-two-thousand-acre parcel about twenty-five miles from Knoxville, Tennessee.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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