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Noun: Memphis  mem-fis
  1. Largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
     
  2. An ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, Tenn., Tennessee, TN, United Arab Republic, Volunteer State

Encyclopedia: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA