Nashville

English

Etymology

From Nash + -ville.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæʃˌvɪl/
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Proper noun

Nashville

  1. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.
      1. The capital city of Tennessee.
    2. (metonymically) The country music industry.
    3. A city, the county seat of Howard County, Arkansas.
    4. A city, the county seat of Berrien County, Georgia.
    5. A city, the county seat of Washington County, Illinois.
    6. A town, the county seat of Brown County, Indiana.
    7. A city in Kansas.
    8. A village in Michigan.
    9. A city, the county seat of Nash County, North Carolina.
    10. A village in Ohio.
    11. A ghost town in Texas.
    12. A town in Forest County, Wisconsin.
  2. A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.

Derived terms

Noun

Nashville (plural Nashvilles)

  1. The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla.
    • 2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 302:
      Of the three, the Nashville is probably easiest to identify. No matter what plumage it's in, the Nashville always sports a complete white to whitish eye-ring.

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