NASHVILLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nashville mean? 

• NASHVILLE (noun)
  The noun NASHVILLE has 1 sense:

1. capital of the state of Tennessee; located in the north central part of the state on the Cumberland River; known for country music

  Familiarity information: NASHVILLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NASHVILLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capital of the state of Tennessee; located in the north central part of the state on the Cumberland River; known for country music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Tennessee; Nashville

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Nashville" is a part of...):

Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)

 Context examples 

James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D., of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and Ian A. Wilson, D. Phil., of The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California, led the team.

(Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus, National Institutes of Health)