Etymology

Tennessee

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Today it means: The Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina. Full definition →

Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ
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The story

  1. Cherokee · borrowed fromᏔᎾᏏ
  2. English todayTennessee

From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.

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