Knoxville

[ noks-vil ]

noun

1. a city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River.

Knoxville

/ ˈnɒksvɪl /

noun

1. an industrial city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: state capital (1796–1812; 1817–19). Pop: 173 278 (2003 est)

Other Words From

• Knox·villi·an Knoxvil·lite noun

Example Sentences

In August 2018, prosecutors allege, one of those packages reached a customer in Knoxville, Tenn., who died after using the heroin.

From Los Angeles Times

Even singer Morgan Wallen gathered supplies for people at a food drive in Knoxville, Tennessee Wednesday.

From Salon

When she was in middle school, Alaina Wood learned about an environmental disaster — a coal ash spill into the Emory River, west of Knoxville, Tenn., that released toxic sludge containing arsenic and mercury.

From Los Angeles Times

From Knoxville, he will take the words of wisdom from Barnes.

From Seattle Times

Edward Carroll Stone Jr. was born on Jan. 23, 1936, in Knoxville, Iowa, southeast of Des Moines, and grew up near Burlington, on the banks of the Mississippi River.

From New York Times