Nashville

Nashville
Nashville capital of Tennessee, U.S., named for Gen. Francis Nash (1742-1777) of North Carolina, U.S. Revolutionary War hero killed at the Battle of Germantown. The surname is attested from 1296 in Sussex Subsidy Rolls, atten Eysse, atte Nasche (with assimilation of -n- from a preposition; see N (Cf. N)), meaning "near an ash tree," or "near a place called Ash." In reference to a type of country & western music that originated there, 1963.

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