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Knoxville

Knoxville

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A city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River
  • proper noun
  • /ˈnɑksvɪl/
: Knoxville
  • It was bought in a little general store in Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Knoxville, Tenn.

I think it was in Knoxville, TN and I got hit.

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Examples

  • She plans to move to Knoxville next month to start her new job.

  • We ought to make Knoxville in another forty-five minutes on the road if nothing goes wrong.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Really all we did was just get in the car and drive straight, stop in Knoxville for lunch and then keep driving.

  • Came all the way from Knoxville to see for myself.

    The Blind Side (2009)

  • Honey, I gotta be in Knoxville at 2:00.

    War Room (2015)

  • The driver called the Knoxville depot, then we waited for a repair truck.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Similarly, during the 2000 presidential campaign, then-Governor Bush proposed "A New Approach" in a speech in Knoxville, Tennessee.

    Academic text (2003)

  • At the University of Tennessee Knoxville, the first-year composition program includes two sequential courses, English 101 and 102.

    Academic text (2014)

  • We had a great time visiting museums and restaurants during our trip to Knoxville.

  • Many students from the university in Knoxville attend the annual festival downtown.

Surface Forms

Knoxville main

Morphology

Knoxville = Knox + ville (semi-transparent) = Knox + ville

Formally composed of the name 'Knox' + 'ville' (town), so the structure is clear, but as a toponym it functions as a proper name and may not convey productive lexical meaning to learners.

Etymology

Knoxville comes from the name of General Knox and the ending -ville, which means 'town' or 'village'. So Knoxville originally meant 'Knox's town', which explains the city's name.