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memphis
/ˈmɛmfɪs/
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What does memphis mean?
proper noun
- A city of ancient Egypt.
- The largest city in Tennessee, United States, and the county seat of Shelby County.
- A town in Pickens County, Alabama.
More meanings (9)
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Manatee County, Florida.
- A census-designated place in Clark County, Indiana.
- A small city in Macomb County and St. Clair County, Michigan.
- A former village in DeSoto County, Mississippi.
- A small city, the county seat of Scotland County, Missouri.
- A village in Saunders County, Nebraska.
- A hamlet in the town of Van Buren, Onondaga County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Hall County, Texas.
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IPA pronunciation
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She worked for them about a year and then went to Memphis, where she was sick in a hospital.
The river Nile was diverted from its course by monstrous embankments to make a place for the city of Memphis.
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As a matter of fact, the conditions at Louisville at that time were not much better than they had been at Memphis.
By the time the boats had reached Memphis they were side by side, and each exerting itself to get in advance of the other.
In these pottery was brought up from various depths, and beneath the statue of Rameses II at Memphis from a depth of thirty-nine feet.