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

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛn.əˈsiː/

• Audio (US):

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Tennessee

2. A state of the United States.
4. A river in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River.
5. A village in McDonough County, Illinois.
6. A male given name.
7. A female given name.

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.

• Tennessee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Tennessee

Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from English Tennessee.

Tennessee (genitive Tennessees)

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

From English Tennessee.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtenes(ː)iː/, [ˈt̪e̞ne̞s̠(ː)iː]
• Rhymes: -enesiː

Tennessee

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Tennessee

Wikipedia ^it

Borrowed from English Tennessee.

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

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Tennessee m

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Tennessee

Wikipedia ^pl

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

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈnɛ.si/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛsi
• Syllabification: Te‧nne‧ssee

Tennessee n (indeclinable)

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Tennessee f (indeclinable)

1. Tennessee, Tennessee River (a river in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River)

• Tennessee in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tennessee m

1. Tennessee, Tennessee River (a river in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River)
2. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

• Tenesí

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

Tennessee m

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

• Tennessee on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es