Athens of the South

E101776

city nickname

Athens of the South is a nickname for Nashville, Tennessee, highlighting its reputation as a major center of higher education and culture in the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
"Athens of the South" (capitalized phrase)	1
Athens of the South canonical	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city nickname ⓘ
appliesTo	Nashville ⓘ surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
associatedWith	American Baptist College ⓘ Belmont University ⓘ Fisk University ⓘ Lipscomb University ⓘ Meharry Medical College ⓘ Nashville State Community College ⓘ Nashville arts institutions ⓘ Nashville museums ⓘ Nashville public libraries ⓘ Tennessee State University ⓘ Trevecca Nazarene University ⓘ Vanderbilt University ⓘ
category	Nashville ⓘ surface form: Culture of Nashville, Tennessee Education in Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ Nicknames of cities in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalParallel	Athens ⓘ surface form: Athens, Greece
hasAlternativeNameForm	Athens of the South self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "Athens of the South" (capitalized phrase)
hasReputationFor	culture ⓘ higher education ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern United States ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
nicknameOf	Nashville ⓘ
reasonForNickname	large number of colleges and universities ⓘ role as a regional educational center ⓘ strong cultural institutions ⓘ
refersTo	Nashville ⓘ surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
symbolizedBy	Parthenon replica in Nashville ⓘ
usedInContext	historical descriptions of Nashville ⓘ local identity ⓘ tourism promotion ⓘ
usedSinceCentury	19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nashville → nickname → Athens of the South ⓘ

Athens of the South → hasAlternativeNameForm → Athens of the South self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Athens of the South" (capitalized phrase)