Nashville

N1A1S1H4V4I1L1L1E1
/ˈnæʃˌvɪl/

proper noun

A city, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A number of places in the United States:
    1. The capital city of Tennessee.

      “I always knew that Nashville would be a destination of some sort for me, that I would land there in terms of music,” said the singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves during a Zoom call.

      2024 November 19, Celeste Moure, “Kacey Musgraves’s Nashville”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2024

      Synonyms: Music City

    2. metonymicallyThe country music industry.
    3. A city in Kansas.
nounNashville (plural Nashvilles)

plural Nashvilles

  1. The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla.

    Of the three, the Nashville is probably easiest to identify. No matter what plumage it's in, the Nashville always sports a complete white to whitish eye-ring.

    2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 302

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe capital city of Tennessee.

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Translations

Arabic نَاشْفِيل
  • نَاشْفِيل (nāšfīl)A city
French Nashville
  • NashvilleA city
Hawaiian Nakawila, Nasawila
  • NakawilaA city
  • NasawilaA city
Japanese ナッシュビル, ナッシュヴィル
  • ナッシュビル (Nasshubiru)A city
  • ナッシュヴィル (Nasshuviru)A city
Latin Nasburgum, Nasvilla
  • NasburgumA city
  • NasvillaA city
Polish Nashville
  • NashvilleA city
Russian Нашвилл, Нэшвилл
  • Нашвилл (Našvill)A city
  • Нэшвилл (Nɛšvill)A city
Ukrainian Нешвілл, Нашвілл
  • Нешвілл (Nešvill)A city
  • Нашвілл (Našvill)A city
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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