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Tenn.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Tennessee.


Tenn. British  

abbreviation

  1. Tennessee

"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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A representative for Anderson confirmed to The Times that the storied singer-songwriter died in his sleep at his home in Smithville, Tenn., on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

From Austin, Texas, to Knoxville, Tenn., each upset unfolded in a mess of turnovers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Parton died “peacefully” on Aug. 25 following a brief battle with cancer in her hometown of Nashville, Tenn., where she and her late husband, Carl Dean, had lived for decades.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Pride first learned he could be that inspiration when, as a 17-year-old struggling through his first season of rookie ball in Kingsport, Tenn., he opened a letter from a blind elementary-school student named Amanda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The town of Peytonville, Tenn., named in his honor.

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

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