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Knoxville

UK/ˈnɒksˌvɪl//ˈnɑksˌvɪl/

Knoxville proper noun: an unincorporated community in Greene County, Alabama.

Proper noun

Knoxville

  1. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Alabama.
  2. A town in Johnson County, Arkansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place, the county seat of Crawford County, Georgia.
  5. A city in Knox County, Illinois.
  6. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Iowa.
  7. An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland.
  8. An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.
  9. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Nebraska.
  10. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
  11. A small borough of Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  12. A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  13. A large city, the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee.
    • The university is central to the city’s history. James White, the founder of Knoxville, set up a fort and some cabins in 1786 in the Great Valley at the headwaters of the Tennessee River, on lands that were hunting grounds of the Cherokee Indians. The settlement was known as Knoxville by 1791, and...2024 June 24, Katy Koontz, “The ‘scruffy little city’ that got cool by doing its own thing”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2024
  14. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.

Knoxville meaning in Arabic

Knoxville in Arabic

A city in the United States
نوكسفيل nūkisfīl

Origin of Knoxville

From Knox + -ville.

Words formed from Knoxville

Questions about Knoxville

What does Knoxville mean?
Knoxville means an unincorporated community in Greene County, Alabama.
What is Knoxville in Arabic?
Knoxville in Arabic is نوكسفيل (nūkisfīl). See Knoxville meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Knoxville?
Knoxville is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Knoxville?
Knoxville is pronounced /ˈnɒksˌvɪl/ (UK).

Words near Knoxville in the dictionary

  1. Knox
  2. Knox City
  3. Knox County
  4. Knoxfield
  5. Knoxian
  6. Knoxville
  7. Knoxvillian
  8. knoxvillite
  9. Knoydart
  10. Knr.
  11. knub

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