Memphis

Translingual Proper noun 1 genus family Nymphalidae certain butterflies English Etymology From en la Memphis, from en grc Μέμφις, from en egy mn-nfr. Pronunciation en /ˈmɛmfɪs/ GA,RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Memphis.wav Southern England en /ˈmɪmfɪs/ US,pin-pen en /ˈmemfɪs/ AU en /ˈmemfəs/ NZ Proper noun en A <<city>> of ancient <<kingdom/Egypt>>. en The largest <<city>> in <<s/Tennessee>>, <<c/USA>>, and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Shelby County>>. TopoZone: Memphis, Tennessee en Patrick Svitek, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds w:The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/19/trump-poll-crime-immigration-economy-tariffs/ 2025-09-19 Trump dispatched the National Guard in the nation’s capital last month and announced last week that he would utilize it next in Memphis. https://archive.ph/Nmclh 2025-09-21 The name of several towns or cities in the US. en town co/Pickens County s/Alabama. en CDP co/Manatee County s/Florida. en CDP co/Clark County s/Indiana. en small city co/Macomb County and co/St. Clair County s/Michigan. en former village co/DeSoto County s/Mississippi. en small city/county seat co/Scotland County s/Missouri. en village co/Saunders County s/Nebraska. en hamlet in the town of town/Van Buren co/Onondaga County s/New York. en ucomm co/Clinton County s/Ohio. en city/county seat co/Hall County s/Texas. Derived terms en Memphian Memphibian Memphis rap Memphrica Memphitic Memphitical Memphite Memfrica Translations city of ancient Egypt Arabic: ar منف manf, ar ممفيس memfis, ar منفر manfar Egyptian Arabic: arz منف, arz ممفيس Armenian: hy Մեմփիս Asturian: ast Menfis Bulgarian: bg Ме́мфис m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 孟菲斯 Mèngfēisī, cmn 孟斐斯 Mènɡfěisī Czech: cs Mennofer m, cs Memfis m Danish: da Memphis Egyptian: mn-nfr mn:n-nfr-f:r-O24-O49, jnb-ḥḏ inb-HD Esperanto: eo Menefro French: fr Memphis German: de Memphis Greek: el Μέμφις f Ancient Greek: grc Μέμφις Italian: it Menfi f Japanese: ja メンフィス、ja メンネフル、ja マンフ Latin: la Memphis f Old Church Slavonic: cu Мемфь Phoenician: phn 𐤌𐤍𐤐 f Polish: pl Memfis m Russian: ru Ме́мфис m Mɛ́mfis Sicilian: scn Mènfrici m Slovak: sk Mennofer m, sk Mennefer m, sk Memfis m Spanish: es Menfis Swedish: sv Memfis Ukrainian: uk Ме́мфіс m city in Tennessee, USA Bulgarian: bg Ме́мфис m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 孟菲斯 Mèngfēisī, cmn 曼非斯 Mànfēisī Esperanto: eo Memfiso Swedish: sv Memphis References en Ancient Egypt Latin Etymology la Memphis :bor grc:Μέμφις 2 + Pronunciation Memphis Proper noun ((Memphis/Memphid<3.Greek.loc>,Memphis<3.acc-im-in.loc>)) f la ancient city c/Egypt Memphis Declension Two declensional patterns are attested, but the Greek pattern was used almost exclusively postclassically. ((Memphis/Memphid<3.Greek.loc>,Memphis<3.acc-im-in.loc>)) References