memphis

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Noun

1. memphis

largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River

2. memphis

an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun

1.

a port in SW Tennessee, on the Mississippi River: the largest city in the state; a major cotton and timber market; Memphis State University (1909). Pop: 645 978 (2003 est)

2.

a ruined city in N Egypt, the ancient centre of Lower Egypt, on the Nile: administrative and artistic centre, sacred to the worship of Ptah

Memphis

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1.

capital of ancient Egypt, on the Nile just south of Cairo

2.

city in SW Tenn., on the Mississippi: pop. 650,000

Memphis

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1. An ancient city of Egypt south of Cairo. Reputedly founded by Menes, the first king of united Egypt, it was the chief city of the Nile delta until the foundation of Alexandria. Its remains include an extensive necropolis.

2. A city of southwest Tennessee on the Mississippi River near the Mississippi border. Established and named (1819) by Andrew Jackson on the site of a fort built in 1797, it was an important Union base after its capture by federal troops in 1862 during the Civil War. Memphis is today a major port and a tourist center famous for its associations with blues music.

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