Name Tennessee
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English (American)
Scripts ᏔᎾᏏ {Tanasi} (Cherokee)
Other Forms FormsTennesea (feminine elaboration), Tenny (diminutive), Tensy/Tincy (diminutive), Tinisie (phonetic variant)
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Meaning & History
From the Cherokee word Ta'nasi' of uncertain meaning which was originally the name of a village in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee (U.S.A.).