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Nashville
NASH-vihl
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The capital city of Tennessee, USA, and a major center of the American country-music industry.
"She moved to Nashville to try to break into the country music scene."
"Nashville's downtown is lined with honky-tonks and live-music bars."
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By extension, the country-music industry or scene itself.
"The album was clearly aimed at Nashville rather than the pop charts."
How to Use Nashville
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTennessee's capital city, closely associated with country music.
Word Forms
Nashvilles plural
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Etymology
Named after Francis Nash, an American Revolutionary War general, with the place-forming suffix "-ville" added.