Memphis

E115438
city

Memphis is a major city in southwestern Tennessee known for its influential contributions to blues, soul, and rock 'n' roll music, as well as its rich cultural and civil rights history.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Memphis canonical 115
Memphis, Tennessee 108
City of Memphis 16

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode 901 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeatOf Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
cuisine barbecue pulled pork sandwiches ⓘ
dry-rub pork ribs ⓘ
culturalEvent Beale Street Music Festival ⓘ
Memphis in May International Festival events ⓘ
surface form: Memphis in May International Festival
demographics racially and ethnically diverse population ⓘ
economy major cargo and freight center ⓘ
transportation and logistics hub ⓘ
foundedIn 1819 ⓘ
governingBody Memphis City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport Memphis International Airport ⓘ
hasProfessionalTeam Memphis 901 FC ⓘ
hasRiverPort Port of Memphis ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Memphis Grizzlies ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Memphis ⓘ
historicalEvent assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 ⓘ
knownFor Beale Street ⓘ
Graceland ⓘ
Memphis-style barbecue ⓘ
National Civil Rights Museum ⓘ
Stax Museum of American Soul Music ⓘ
Sun Studio ⓘ
blues music ⓘ
civil rights history ⓘ
cultural history ⓘ
rock and roll music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
locatedIn West Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Tennessee
locatedOnRiver Mississippi River ⓘ
musicHeritage birthplace of many blues musicians ⓘ
important center for early rock and roll recording ⓘ
important center for soul music recording ⓘ
namedAfter Memphis, Egypt ⓘ
partOf Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
populationRankInTennessee largest city in Tennessee ⓘ
populationRankInUS one of the largest cities in the southeastern United States ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

Mid-South ⓘ
siteOf Lorraine Motel ⓘ
National Civil Rights Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel
sportsLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
USL Championship ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (271)

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

Memphis Tigers → homeCity → Memphis ⓘ
Graceland → city → Memphis ⓘ
Memphis Zoo → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
International Paper → headquartersLocation → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Memphis City Council → appliesToJurisdiction → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum → city → Memphis ⓘ
George "Machine Gun" Kelly → birthPlace → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Tennessee → majorCity → Memphis ⓘ
Tennessee → hasCulturalCenter → Memphis ⓘ
Shelby County, Tennessee → hasCountySeat → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis Sounds → homeCity → Memphis ⓘ
Memphis Pyramid → city → Memphis ⓘ
Rattle and Hum → recordedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sun Studio, Memphis
Overton Park → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midtown Memphis
Tom Lee Park → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Downtown Memphis
Memphis Grizzlies → city → Memphis ⓘ
Mississippi River valley → hasCity → Memphis ⓘ
Mississippi River → cityOnRiver → Memphis ⓘ
Beale Street → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
Beale Street → city → Memphis ⓘ
Beale Street → isMajorAttractionOf → Memphis ⓘ
W. C. Handy → residence → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium → location → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium → operator → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium → city → Memphis ⓘ
Hernando de Soto Bridge → connects → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Hernando de Soto Bridge → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Mississippi River basin → majorCityInBasin → Memphis ⓘ
Memphis International Airport → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
Eastern United States → containsCity → Memphis ⓘ
Diocese of West Tennessee → seeCity → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Diocese of West Tennessee → territoryIncludes → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Interstate 40 → passesThroughCity → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Soulsville, USA → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Memphis
Soulsville, USA → city → Memphis ⓘ
Stax Records → city → Memphis ⓘ
Stax Records → basedInNeighborhood → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Memphis
Stax Music Academy → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Stax Music Academy → city → Memphis ⓘ
Booker T. & the M.G.'s → locationOfFormation → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Grizz Gaming → basedIn → Memphis ⓘ
Mississippi River culture → associatedWith → Memphis ⓘ
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church → hasHeadquartersLocation → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
East South Central States → containsMajorCity → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Machine Gun Kelly → arrestedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
"I Walk the Line" → recordingCity → Memphis ⓘ
subject surface form: I Walk the Line
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Saliva → origin → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Jungle Room → locatedInCity → Memphis ⓘ
Memphis City Hall → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis City Hall → governs → Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis