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Definition of Knoxville
1. Noun. A city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knoxville
Literary usage of Knoxville
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Knoxville is in the heart of the hardwood section, large quantities of which are
shipped ... The lumber dealers of Knoxville proper do an annual business of ..."
2. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"Roads were also ordered to be laid out, from Knoxville to Col. ... A public road
was ordered to be laid off from Knoxville to the Ford on Clinch, ..."
3. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1885)
"Knoxville still in danger—Granger sent to Burnside—Granger moves reluctantly —Sherman
sent to Burnside—Sherman moves with vigor—Burnside falls back before ..."
4. The Voice of the Negro 1919 by Robert Thomas Kerlin (1920)
"Knoxville Regarding the Knoxville riot, August 30-31, I select the first part of an
... September 6: "The Riot at Knoxville Some worthless colored man was ..."
5. Travels in North America, from Modern Writers: With Remarks and Observations by William Bingley (1821)
"Knoxville, the seat of government for the state of Tenessee, is situated on ...
Although it had been founded eighteen or twenty years, Knoxville did not yet ..."
6. Forty-six Years in the Army by John McAllister Schofield (1897)
"I ARRIVED at Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 8, 1864, and the next day relieved
... The troops then about Knoxville were the Ninth Corps, two divisions ..."
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