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'''Nashville''' is the capital city of [[Tennessee]]. It is also the largest city in Tennessee by population. Nashville was originally founded as Fort Nashborough named after [[Francis Nash]], a general killed in the [[Revolutionary War]].
'''Nashville''' is the capital city of [[Tennessee]]. Nashville is the second largest city in Tenessee by population ([[Memphis]] being the first). Nashville was originally founded as Fort Nashborough named after [[Francis Nash]] a general killed in the [[Revolutionary War]].
[[Category:United States Cities and Towns]]
It is known worldwide as "Music City" for being the home base of the [[country music]] and [[Contemporary Christian Music]] genres as well as the Grand Ole Opry.
Nashville was the location in March 2023 of a horrific mass murder by a [[transgender]]ed biological female in her premeditated massacre of 3 young [[Christian]] schoolchildren and 3 adults at a grade school, before police killed the [[young mass murderers|mass murderer]].
It is also the home to several Christian denominations, among them the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (the largest US Protestant denomination), the [[United Methodist Church]] (the second-largest US denomination and the largest of the [[mainline Protestant churches]]), the National Baptist Convention USA (the largest African-American Christian denomination), and the National Association of Free Will Baptists (the largest denomination among the [[Free Will Baptist]] groups).
The city has two professional sports franchises (the [[Tennessee Titans]] of the NFL and the [[Nashville Predators]] of the NHL) and one minor league team (the Nashville Sounds, the AAA affiliate of the [[Texas Rangers]]).
Nashville is also home to [[Vanderbilt University]], the only private university member of the [[Southeastern Conference]].
Nashville was the location of the [[Covenant School shooting]] in 2023 where a former student of the [[Christian]] school, a [[transgender]] woman, murdered 3 children and 3 adults during the transgender community's week of [[vengeance]].
==Notable residents==
*[[Miley Cyrus]], teen celebrity born in Nashville prior to her move to [[Hollywood]]
*[[James B. Pearson]], U.S. Senator from Kansas (1962-1979); born in Nashville
[[Category:Tennessee Cities and Towns]]
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[[Category:US State Capitals]]