Associations to the word «Memphis»

Wiktionary

MEMPHIS, proper noun. A city of ancient Egypt.
MEMPHIS, proper noun. The largest city in the state of Tennessee
MEMPHIS, proper noun. The name of several towns or cities in the US.

Dictionary definition

MEMPHIS, noun. Largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River.
MEMPHIS, noun. An ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats