Теннессі
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Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Теннессі́ • (Tennessí) m inan (indeclinable, relational adjective теннессі́йський)
- Tennessee (a state of the United States)
Proper noun
Теннессі́ • (Tennessí) f inan (indeclinable, relational adjective теннессі́йський)
- Tennessee (a river in the United States)
Usage notes
In Ukrainian, non-Slavic proper nouns and most loanwords ending in -о or -і are indeclinable and take on the gender of their superordinate. Thus, Теннессі is masculine when referring to the state because штат (štat, “state”) is masculine, and feminine when referring to the river because ріка (rika, “river”) is feminine.
Derived terms
- теннессі́єць (tennessíjecʹ)
- теннессі́йка (tennessíjka)