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TN

TN

11 1.0
A short form for the state of Tennessee in the eastern United States with capital Nashville
  • proper noun
translation icon : Tennessee
  • During my trip to TN, I visited the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
  • Nashville, TN
  • Memphis, TN
  • Murfreesboro, TN

I'm calling down here from Nashville, TN Oh, Nashville, beautiful.

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Examples

  • I'm calling down here from Nashville, TN Oh, Nashville, beautiful.

  • Scott from Nashville, TN oh, I'm trying to be super quick.

  • I would love to live in eastern TN if my business could make it so.

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  • And so you are currently living in Memphis, TN And so wow.

  • So, you know, I want to know if I want to bring this to Franklin, TN, what do I do?

  • We stand up for TN in court; we help TN buy, deal, and borrow.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • So we have an office in New York, LA, San Francisco, Chattanooga, TN and London.

  • Hi, I'm Caleb, we're from Chattanooga, TN and we just got married.

  • Howdy, I'm Royce from Mount Juliet, TN Let's talk about that.

  • So, my journey would end on August 28th at LP Stadium in Nashville, TN, singing The National Anthem before The Tennessee Titans played The Minnesota Vikings.

Synonyms

Tennessee
vsTN
508 1.0

A state in the southeastern United States with Nashville as its capital

uses a short two letter abbreviation instead of the full name
Tenn.
vsTN
  • US
2.2

Short form of Tennessee, a state in the eastern United States with capital Nashville

is the same abbreviation written without a period
Volunteer State
vsTN
  • US
5.8

A nickname for the state of Tennessee because its people often volunteer for military service

serves as an official short abbreviation rather than a casual nickname

Surface Forms

TN main

Etymology

TN is the two-letter state code for Tennessee, a U.S. state. The name Tennessee comes from an old Cherokee town called 'Tanasi', so you can remember TN as the short form you see on addresses and mail.