Tennessee

E17093

U.S. state

Tennessee is a southeastern U.S. state known for its diverse landscapes from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River, and for major cultural centers like Nashville and Memphis that have shaped American music and history.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Tennessee canonical	2,761
State of Tennessee	99
Tennessee, United States	22
U.S. state of Tennessee	9
US-TN	7
state of Tennessee	3
Tennessee state government	2
United States state of Tennessee	2
Georgia	1
ISO 3166-2:US-TN	1
Tennessee (middle portion)	1
The Volunteer State	1
UT	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. state ⓘ
admittedToUnionOn	1796-06-01 ⓘ
bordersRiver	Mississippi River ⓘ Tennessee River ⓘ
bordersState	Alabama ⓘ Arkansas ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Missouri ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
capital	Nashville ⓘ
containsCityAttraction	Beale Street ⓘ Dollywood ⓘ Graceland ⓘ Grand Ole Opry ⓘ Ryman Auditorium ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
containsNationalPark	Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governedBy	Governor of Tennessee ⓘ
hasCounty	Davidson County ⓘ Hamilton County ⓘ Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Knox County Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Shelby County
hasCulturalCenter	Memphis ⓘ Nashville ⓘ
hasFlagFeature	three white stars in a blue circle ⓘ
hasRegion	Tennessee (eastern portion) ⓘ surface form: East Tennessee Middle Tennessee ⓘ West Tennessee ⓘ
ISOCode	Tennessee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: US-TN
knownFor	blues music ⓘ country music ⓘ rock and roll history ⓘ
largestCity	Nashville ⓘ
legislature	Tennessee General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
majorCity	Chattanooga ⓘ Clarksville ⓘ Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Knoxville Memphis ⓘ
motto	Agriculture and Commerce ⓘ
nickname	Tennessee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Volunteer State
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
orderOfAdmission	16 ⓘ
postalAbbreviation	TN ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (2,910)

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

Tennessee Valley Authority → regionServed → Tennessee ⓘ

Northern mockingbird → stateBirdOf → Tennessee ⓘ

Knoxville, Tennessee → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Knoxville, Tennessee → wasStateCapitalOf → Tennessee ⓘ

contiguous United States → includesAdministrativeTerritory → Tennessee ⓘ

Memphis, Tennessee, United States → locatedIn → Tennessee ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Appalachian Mountains → passesThrough → Tennessee ⓘ

Sun Belt → includes → Tennessee ⓘ

Southern Republicans → keyState → Tennessee ⓘ

Southern United States → includesState → Tennessee ⓘ

American South (colonial and early national periods) → includesTerritory → Tennessee ⓘ

U.S. state of Georgia → borderedBy → Tennessee ⓘ

subject surface form: Georgia

Oak Ridge, Tennessee → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Scopes "Monkey" Trial → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Scopes "Monkey" Trial → jurisdiction → Tennessee ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Tennessee

Virginia → bordersState → Tennessee ⓘ

Vanderbilt University (attended briefly) → state → Tennessee ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderbilt University

Tennessee marble → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Tennessee ⓘ

American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → includesState → Tennessee ⓘ

Tennessee (eastern portion) → partOf → Tennessee ⓘ

Tennessee (eastern portion) → borders → Tennessee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tennessee (middle portion)

USS Tennessee (BB-43) → namesake → Tennessee ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. state of Tennessee

Knox County, Tennessee → locatedIn → Tennessee ⓘ

Knox County, Tennessee → partOf → Tennessee ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Tennessee

Knox County, Tennessee → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Knoxville Museum of Art → locatedIn → Tennessee ⓘ

Discovery, Inc. (regional operations) → hasState → Tennessee ⓘ

Big Ears Festival → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Knoxville Marathon → state → Tennessee ⓘ

1982 World's Fair → hostState → Tennessee ⓘ

Vanderbilt University → locatedIn → Tennessee ⓘ

Knoxville Opera → locatedIn → Tennessee ⓘ

Sunsphere → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Tennessee Volunteers athletics program → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Tennessee Volunteers athletics program → abbreviation → Tennessee ⓘ

this entity surface form: UT

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Confederate States of America → memberState → Tennessee ⓘ

Cordell Hull → represented → Tennessee ⓘ

Knoxville Zoo → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Dogwood Arts Festival → locatedIn → Tennessee ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → jurisdiction → Tennessee ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → circuitIncludesState → Tennessee ⓘ

University of Tennessee, Knoxville → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Mississippi → sharesBorderWith → Tennessee ⓘ

Spring Hill Manufacturing → locatedIn → Tennessee ⓘ

Spring Hill Manufacturing → hasEconomicImpactOn → Tennessee ⓘ

Stax Museum of American Soul Music → locatedInState → Tennessee ⓘ

Old City, Knoxville → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum → state → Tennessee ⓘ

Gatlinburg, Tennessee → state → Tennessee ⓘ