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Meaning of Tennessee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌtɛn.əˈsiː

Definitions

  1. The Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina.
  2. A state of the United States.
  3. A river in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River.
  4. A village in McDonough County, Illinois.
  5. A male given name.
  6. A female given name.

Equivalents

العربية تينيسي
བོད་སྐད ཐེན་ནེ་སི
Čeština Tennessee
Dansk Tennessee
Deutsch Tennessee
Ελληνικά Τενεσί
Esperanto Tenesio
Español Tenesí Tennessee
Suomi Tennessee
Français Tennessee
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Kenekī
Italiano Tennessee
日本語 テネシー
ქართული ტენესი
ខ្មែរ តេណេសស៊ី
한국어 테네시
Latina Tennesia
Македонски Тенеси
Polski Tennessee
Português Tennessee
Русский Теннесси
Українська Теннессі
Tiếng Việt Ten-nét-xi

Examples

“Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go, my honey oh back to Tennessee It's beefsteak when I'm workin, whiskey when I'm dry, and sweet heaven when I die”
“The relationship between a hairstylist and a client can be far more than simply somebody to cut and shape hair, which is why Tennessee is the latest state to require cosmetologists to complete training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic abuse.”
“The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration. Tennessees vary a lot in fall; some are almost pure white below, mimicking spring plumage, while immatures like the one pictured on page 304 can be quite yellow below.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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