What does "nashville" mean?
The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla.
Nashville
/ˈnæʃˌvɪl/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla.
- Grammar: nashville is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: city, municipality, nashville sound, smooth country.
- Useful contrasts: countryside, honky tonk, raw country.
- Usage evidence: When he left the Army, Roger Miller moved to the home of country music in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla.
"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."
Proper Noun
- 1 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.; The capital city of Tennessee.
"“I always knew that Nashville would be a destination of some sort for me, that I would land there in terms of music,” said the singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves during a Zoom call."
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; The country music industry. metonymically
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Howard County, Arkansas.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Berrien County, Georgia.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Washington County, Illinois.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Brown County, Indiana.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Kansas.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Michigan.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Nash County, North Carolina.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Ohio.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Texas.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Forest County, Wisconsin.
- 14 A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
Synonyms
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Example
"When he left the Army, Roger Miller moved to the home of country music in Nashville, Tennessee."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "nashville"?
Common synonyms include: city, municipality, nashville sound, smooth country, urban center.
How do you use "nashville" in a sentence?
When he left the Army, Roger Miller moved to the home of country music in Nashville, Tennessee.
How do you pronounce "nashville"?
Pronounced /ˈnæʃˌvɪl/.
Etymology
From Nash (“Francis Nash”) + -ville.