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MEMPHIS

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• MEMPHIS (noun)
The noun MEMPHIS has 2 senses:

1. largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
2. an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)

Familiarity information: MEMPHIS used as a noun is rare.

• MEMPHIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Memphis" is a part of...):

Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Memphis" is a part of...):

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)

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(Chinese proverb)
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