KNOXVILLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Knoxville mean? 

• KNOXVILLE (noun)
  The noun KNOXVILLE has 1 sense:

1. a city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River

  Familiarity information: KNOXVILLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNOXVILLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Knoxville" is a part of...):

Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)

 Context examples 

Researchers from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville say the Cuban boa, the largest native terrestrial predator on the island they are named after, coordinate their hunts in the island’s bat caves.

(Snakes Hunt in Groups, Study Suggests, VOA)