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1. (n.) Memphis
a port in SW Tennessee, on the Mississippi. 596,725.
2. Memphis
a ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile, S of Cairo: ancient capital of Egypt.
Etymology: (allegedly suggested to Ettore Sottsass, one of the group's founders, by the Bob Dylan song “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” in December, 1980)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Memphis
largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
2. (noun) Memphis
an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Memphis
an ancient city of Egypt, of which it was the capital; it was founded by Menes at the apex of the delta of the Nile, and contained 700,000 inhabitants.
2. Memphis
a Tennessee port on the Mississippi, 826 m. above New Orleans, accessible to the largest vessels, is also a great railway centre, and therefore a place of great commercial importance; has many industries, and a great cotton market.
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