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Noun tennessee has 2 senses

• tennessee(n = noun.location) tn, volunteer state - a state in east central United States;
has parts: great smoky mountains national park, chattanooga, columbia, jackson, johnson city, knoxville, memphis, capital of tennessee, nashville, clinch river, cumberland, cumberland river, tennessee, tennessee river
is a kind of american state
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, south
is a member of confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south

• tennessee(n = noun.object) tennessee river - a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky;
is a part of bluegrass state, kentucky, ky, tennessee, tn, volunteer state
is a kind of river