Memphis

Speech parts

1. Memphis - Noun

2. Memphis - Proper noun

Meaning

an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)

largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River

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Examples

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. Elvis Costello

She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him. Priscilla Presley

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days. Otis Blackwell

From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blow I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I know A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night. Johnny Mercer

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis. Elvis Presley

Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning. Elvis Presley

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