Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
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);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Memphis
n 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)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Memphis
only in Hos. 9:6, Hebrew Moph. In Isa. 19:13; Jer. 2:16; 46:14,
19; Ezek. 30:13, 16, it is mentioned under the name Noph. It was
the capital of Lower, i.e., of Northern Egypt. From certain
remains found half buried in the sand, the site of this ancient
city has been discovered near the modern village of Minyet
Rahinch, or Mitraheny, about 16 miles above the ancient head of
the Delta, and 9 miles south of Cairo, on the west bank of the
Nile. It is said to have been founded by Menes, the first king
of Egypt, and to have been in circumference about 19 miles.
"There are few remains above ground," says Manning (The Land of
the Pharaohs), "of the splendour of ancient Memphis. The city
has utterly disappeared. If any traces yet exist, they are
buried beneath the vast mounds of crumbling bricks and broken
pottery which meet the eye in every direction. Near the village
of Mitraheny is a colossal statue of Rameses the Great. It is
apparently one of the two described by Herodotus and Diodorus as
standing in front of the temple of Ptah. They were originally 50
feet in height. The one which remains, though mutilated,
measures 48 feet. It is finely carved in limestone, which takes
a high polish, and is evidently a portrait. It lies in a pit,
which, during the inundation, is filled with water. As we gaze
on this fallen and battered statue of the mighty conqueror who
was probably contemporaneous with Moses, it is impossible not to
remember the words of the prophet Isaiah, 19:13; 44:16-19, and
Jeremiah, 46:19."
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Memphis, abode of the good
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 2061
Housing Units (2000): 1052
Land area (2000): 1.565989 sq. miles (4.055894 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.565989 sq. miles (4.055894 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47270
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 40.460889 N, 92.169908 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 63555
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Headwords:
Memphis, MO
Memphis
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 106
Housing Units (2000): 46
Land area (2000): 0.086436 sq. miles (0.223867 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.086436 sq. miles (0.223867 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31640
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.094644 N, 96.433052 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Memphis, NE
Memphis
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000): 7264
Housing Units (2000): 2832
Land area (2000): 3.162239 sq. miles (8.190161 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.162239 sq. miles (8.190161 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44175
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 27.539798 N, 82.562966 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Memphis, FL
Memphis
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 33
Housing Units (2000): 12
Land area (2000): 0.386959 sq. miles (1.002218 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004364 sq. miles (0.011303 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.391323 sq. miles (1.013521 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48052
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.133678 N, 88.297023 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Memphis, AL
Memphis
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, IN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Indiana
Population (2000): 400
Housing Units (2000): 168
Land area (2000): 2.498989 sq. miles (6.472351 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.498989 sq. miles (6.472351 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48384
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.487110 N, 85.764223 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47143
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Headwords:
Memphis, IN
Memphis
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee
Population (2000): 650100
Housing Units (2000): 271552
Land area (2000): 279.319714 sq. miles (723.434707 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.443067 sq. miles (39.997358 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 294.762781 sq. miles (763.432065 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48000
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.117365 N, 89.971068 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38103 38104 38105 38106 38107 38108
38109 38111 38112 38113 38114 38116
38117 38118 38119 38120 38122 38125
38126 38127 38128 38131 38132 38133
38135 38141
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Headwords:
Memphis, TN
Memphis
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 2479
Housing Units (2000): 1245
Land area (2000): 2.243035 sq. miles (5.809433 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.243035 sq. miles (5.809433 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47616
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 34.726716 N, 100.541560 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79245
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Headwords:
Memphis, TX
Memphis
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000): 1129
Housing Units (2000): 476
Land area (2000): 1.122697 sq. miles (2.907773 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.028461 sq. miles (0.073713 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.151158 sq. miles (2.981486 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52960
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.896397 N, 82.770786 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Memphis, MI
Memphis
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Memphis, MS -- U.S. village in Mississippi
Population (2000): 87
Housing Units (2000): 27
Land area (2000): 4.310488 sq. miles (11.164113 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.054613 sq. miles (0.141446 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.365101 sq. miles (11.305559 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46580
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 34.925821 N, 90.141009 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Memphis, MS
Memphis