memphis

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memphis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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)

memphis - 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."

memphis - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Memphis, AL (town, FIPS 48052)
    Location: 33.13833 N, 88.30131 W
    Population (1990): 54 (19 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Memphis, FL (CDP, FIPS 44175)
    Location: 27.53965 N, 82.55820 W
    Population (1990): 6760 (2763 housing units)
    Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Memphis, IN
    Zip code(s): 47143
  Memphis, MI (city, FIPS 52960)
    Location: 42.89533 N, 82.76952 W
    Population (1990): 1221 (459 housing units)
    Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Memphis, MO (city, FIPS 47270)
    Location: 40.46086 N, 92.16973 W
    Population (1990): 2094 (1057 housing units)
    Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 63555
  Memphis, MS (village, FIPS 46580)
    Location: 34.92573 N, 90.14092 W
    Population (1990): 70 (20 housing units)
    Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Memphis, NE (village, FIPS 31640)
    Location: 41.09465 N, 96.43276 W
    Population (1990): 117 (47 housing units)
    Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Memphis, NY
    Zip code(s): 13112
  Memphis, TN (city, FIPS 48000)
    Location: 35.10560 N, 90.00699 W
    Population (1990): 610337 (248573 housing units)
    Area: 663.2 sq km (land), 39.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 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
  Memphis, TX (city, FIPS 47616)
    Location: 34.72666 N, 100.54116 W
    Population (1990): 2465 (1344 housing units)
    Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 79245