The origin is uncertain, perhaps a Cherokee word meaning 'meeting place, 'winding river' or 'river of great bend'
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"...I changed my name after my Indian fighting Tennessee ancestors."-Tennessee Williams, Tennessee Williams' South.
'Tanasi' was the name of a Cherokee town.
The Tennessee River.
Tennessee is in the United States.Tennessee's capital is known as the Music City.
The name Tennessee came from the Cherokee village Tanasi.
Zelda Lane is the name of a street in Memphis, Tennessee. Zermatt Avenue is the name of a street in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is the name of the zoo in Nashville, Tennessee.
tennessee got its name from a cherokee indian village called "tenasi"
Tennessee Williams's birth name is Thomas Lanier Williams.
The Tennessee Titans relocated to Tennessee from Houston in 1997. In Houston the team was known as the "Houston Oilers". For the first two years in Tennessee the team was known as the "Tennessee Oilers". In 1999 the team changed its name to the "Tennessee Titans".
The Tennessee Titans.