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Knoxville
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English
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Etymology
en :af Knox -ville 1 +
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɒksˌvɪl/ UK
en /ˈnɑksˌvɪl/ US
en en-us-Knoxville.ogg US
Proper noun
The name of a number of places in the United States of America:
en unincorporated community co/Greene County s/Alabama.
en town co/Johnson County s/Arkansas.
en unincorporated community co/Napa County s/California.
en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place/county seat co/Crawford County s/Georgia.
en city co/Knox County s/Illinois.
en city/county seat co/Marion County s/Iowa.
en unincorporated community co/Frederick County s/Maryland.
en unincorporated community co/Ray County s/Missouri.
en unincorporated community co/Knox County s/Nebraska.
en unincorporated community co/Jefferson County s/Ohio.
en small borough co/Tioga County s/Pennsylvania.
en neighbourhood city/Pittsburgh s/Pennsylvania.
en large city/county seat co/Knox County s/Tennessee. TopoZone: Knoxville, Tennessee
en Katy Koontz The ‘scruffy little city’ that got cool by doing its own thing w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/knoxville-tennessee-best-towns-america 2024-06-24 The university is central to the city’s history. James White, the founder of Knoxville, set up a fort and some cabins in 1786 in the Great Valley at the headwaters of the Tennessee River, on lands that were hunting grounds of the Cherokee Indians. The settlement was known as Knoxville by 1791, and by 1794, the town was home to Blount College. Today, it’s known as the University of Tennessee. https://web.archive.org/web/20240827045027/https://www.cnn.com/travel/knoxville-tennessee-best-towns-america
en unincorporated community co/Marshall County s/West Virginia.
Derived terms
en knoxvillite
Translations
A city in the United States
Arabic: ar نوكسفيل nūkisfīl
Cherokee: (Tennessee) chr ᎪᎲᏓᏓᎳ, chr ᎾᎩᏏᏫᎵ
French: fr Knoxville
Japanese: ja ノックスビル Nokkusubiru, ja ノックスヴィル Nokkusuviru
Latin: la Knoxopolis f
Navajo: nv Joołdahsiʼą́
Russian: ru Но́ксвилл
References