Tennessee

English

Map of US highlighting Tennessee

Etymology

From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛn.əˈsiː/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Tennessee

  1. A state of the United States.
  2. A river in the United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River.
  3. A village in McDonough County, Illinois.
  4. A male given name.
  5. A female given name.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Tennessee (plural Tennessees)

  1. The Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina.
    • 2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 303:
      The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration. Tennessees vary a lot in fall; some are almost pure white below, mimicking spring plumage, while immatures like the one pictured on page 304 can be quite yellow below.

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal District: Washington, D.C.
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Further reading


Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tennessee.

Proper noun

Tennessee (genitive Tennessees)

  1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Tennessee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtenes(ː)iː/, [ˈt̪e̞ne̞s̠(ː)iː]

Proper noun

Tennessee

  1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Tennessee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
nominative Tennessee
genitive Tennesseen
partitive Tennesseetä
illative Tennesseehen
Tennesseeseen
singular plural
nominative Tennessee
accusative nom. Tennessee
gen. Tennesseen
genitive Tennesseen
partitive Tennesseetä
inessive Tennesseessä
elative Tennesseestä
illative Tennesseehen
Tennesseeseen
adessive Tennesseellä
ablative Tennesseeltä
allative Tennesseelle
essive Tennesseenä
translative Tennesseeksi
instructive
abessive Tennesseettä
comitative
Possessive forms of Tennessee (type filee)
possessor singular plural
1st person Tennesseeni Tennesseemme
2nd person Tennesseesi Tennesseenne
3rd person Tennesseensä

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tennessee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ten.nesˈsi/**[1]
  • Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

Tennessee m

  1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

References

  1. Tennessee in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tennessee, from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛˈnɛ.si/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsi
  • Syllabification: Te‧nne‧ssee

Proper noun

Tennessee n (indeclinable)

  1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Proper noun

Tennessee f (indeclinable)

  1. Tennessee (a river in the United States)

Further reading

  • Tennessee in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Tennessee in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tennessee m

  1. Tennessee (a river in the eastern United States)
  2. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • Tenesí

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtenesi/ [ˈt̪e.ne.si]
    • Rhymes: -enesi
  • IPA(key): /teneˈsi/ [t̪e.neˈsi]
    • Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

Tennessee m

  1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

See also

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