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Music City

Music City proper noun: nickname for Nashville: the capital city of Tennessee, United States.

Proper noun

Music City

  1. Nickname for Nashville: the capital city of Tennessee, United States.
    • So where should a visit to Music City begin? “Even if you’re not necessarily a fan of country music, the Country Music Hall of Fame is really interesting,” she said. “Country music is a very historic genre, and this museum really honors the roots of that.”2024 November 19, Celeste Moure, “Kacey Musgraves’s Nashville”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2024

Origin of Music City

From being a major center for the music industry, especially country music.

Questions about Music City

What does Music City mean?
Music City means nickname for Nashville: the capital city of Tennessee, United States.
What part of speech is Music City?
Music City is a proper noun.

Words near Music City in the dictionary

  1. music centers
  2. music centre
  3. music centres
  4. music chart
  5. music charts
  6. Music City
  7. music demy
  8. music desk
  9. music desks
  10. music frog
  11. music game

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