Asheville

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proper noun

A city, the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city, the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.

    The recovery is still a work in progress, given the deadly storm’s massive impact on people across Western North Carolina and its devastation of two popular Asheville neighborhoods — the RAD (“rad”), as locals call it, and nearby Biltmore Village.

    2025 June 26, Marnie Hunter, “‘These mountains are still here.’ Asheville is ready for your visit”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2025

Origin

From Ashe + -ville, named after Samuel Ashe.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

Ashville
Cite this entry
APA

Asheville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asheville

MLA

“Asheville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asheville. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Asheville,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asheville.

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