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Name Tennessee
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English (American)
Scripts ᏔᎾᏏ(Cherokee)
Pronounced Pron. /ˌtɛn.ə.ˈsiː/(English) /ˈtɛn.ɪ.si/(English)
Other Forms FormsTennesea (feminine elaboration), Tenny (diminutive), Tensy/Tincy (diminutive), Tinisie (phonetic variant)
Theme foliage
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

From the name of the state located in the Southeastern region of the United States, possibly derived from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean "winding river", which was originally the name of a village in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee. Alternatively, it could be derived from Yuchi Tana-tsee-dgee, meaning "place of brother waters" or "where the waters meet".
Added 3/9/2007 by Robert