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  2. List of regional nicknames - Wikipedia

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    The name of the famous Nova Scotian racing schooner Bluenose. Often used proudly. [4] Bonacker (US) A working class person from the Springs neighborhood of East Hampton, New York; from neighboring Accabonac Harbor. [5] Brummie (UK) A person from Birmingham; also the dialect spoken there; from "Brummagem", an archaic pronunciation of Birmingham ...

  3. List of rivers of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Elk River (Tennessee River tributary) Tennessee River: 195 mi (314 km) Fayetteville: Emory River: Clinch River: 46 mi (74 km) Harriman: Falling Water River: Caney Fork River: 46.8 mi (75.3 km) Cookeville: Flint River: Tennessee River: 65.7 mi (105.6 km) Flintville: Forked Deer River: Obion River: Dyersburg: French Broad River: Tennessee River ...

  4. Tennessee River - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee River is a 652 mi (1,049 km) long river located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. Flowing through the states of Tennessee , Alabama , Mississippi , Kentucky , it begins at the confluence of French Broad and Holston rivers at Knoxville , and drains into the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky .

  5. Every state's nickname and where it comes from - AOL

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    The Colorado River began eroding the rock 5 to 6 million years ago, resulting in the creation of this great tourist destination that over 4.7 million people visited in 2023. YP_ Studio // Shutterstock

  6. Name of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    The town was on a river of the same name (now known as the Little Tennessee River) and appears on maps as early as 1725. It is not known whether this was the same town as the one Juan Pardo encountered, but recent research suggests that the "Tanasqui" Pardo recorded was at the confluence of the Pigeon River and the French Broad River , near ...

  7. Naming in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, the right to name one's child or oneself as one chooses has been upheld by court rulings and is rooted in the Due Process Clause of the fourteenth Amendment and the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, but a few restrictions do exist. Restrictions vary by state, but most are for the sake of practicality.

  8. List of tautological place names - Wikipedia

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    River Waveney (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Winterbourne Stream, East Sussex, UK — bourne meaning a stream that only flows in winter. River Wissey (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Withlacoochee River, Withlacoochee probably comes from the Muskogean word meaning "little river." Bakkárholtsá in the Ölfus region of ...

  9. Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Tennessee is trisected by the Tennessee River, and its geographical center is in Murfreesboro. Nearly three–fourths of the state is in the Central Time Zone, with most of East Tennessee on Eastern Time. [183] The Tennessee River forms most of the division between Middle and West Tennessee. [181]