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English
Etymology
From Nash + -ville.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nashville
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.
- The capital city of Tennessee.
- (metonymically) The country music industry.
- A city, the county seat of Howard County, Arkansas.
- A city, the county seat of Berrien County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Washington County, Illinois.
- A town, the county seat of Brown County, Indiana.
- A city in Kansas.
- A village in Michigan.
- A city, the county seat of Nash County, North Carolina.
- A village in Ohio.
- A ghost town in Texas.
- A town in Forest County, Wisconsin.
- A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms
Noun
Nashville (plural Nashvilles)
- 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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