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4 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Memphis n 1: largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on the Mississippi River [syn: {Memphis}] 2: an ancient city of Egypt (S of Cairo) [syn: {Memphis}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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." From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Memphis, abode of the good
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