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Memphis
1[ mem-fis ]
noun
- a port in SW Tennessee, on the Mississippi.
- a ruined city in Lower Egypt, on the Nile, S of Cairo: the ancient capital of Egypt.
Memphis
2[ mem-fis ]
noun
- a group of international designers and architects, formed in the 1980s and based in Milan, whose work is characterized by the use of bold colors, geometric shapes, and unconventional, often playful, designs.
adjective
- of or relating to this group or its style of design.
Memphis
/ ˈmɛmfɪs /
noun
- a port in SW Tennessee, on the Mississippi River: the largest city in the state; a major cotton and timber market; Memphis State University (1909). Pop: 645 978 (2003 est)
- a ruined city in N Egypt, the ancient centre of Lower Egypt, on the Nile: administrative and artistic centre, sacred to the worship of Ptah
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Now, the Memphis congressman is one of only a handful of white Southerners in his caucus and the once Solid South is deep red.
Locally, he followed B. B. King, the Memphis blues guitar master, and spent considerable time with him.
Memphis begins to pop up in the later chapters, and I wince at every mention because I know that is where the story will end.
Memphis is hardly the only city that has started tackling the backlog.
A spokesperson for the Memphis police department did not return requests for comment on this story.
Grant's army is very quiet—hasn't done much since Corinth fell and Memphis was taken.
Below them, a little above Memphis, lay the Rebel fleet, anchored in a line across the river.
Their capital was Memphis, near the pyramids, which had been erected several centuries earlier by the older and native dynasties.
The golden calves of the wilderness were another form of the worship of the sacred bulls of Memphis.
Close to Sakkara are the dense palm-groves of Bedrashen, which surround and cover the site of ancient Memphis.
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