Memphis most commonly refers to:
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Memphis, Egypt
Memphis (, ; Bohairic ; ), or Men-nefer, was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first Nome (Egypt), nome of Lower Egypt that was known as ''mḥw'' ("North"). Its ruins are located in the vicinity of the present-day village of Mit Rahina () ...
, a former capital of ancient Egypt
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...
, a major American city
Memphis may also refer to:
Places
United States
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Memphis, Alabama
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Memphis, Florida
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Memphis, Indiana
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Memphis, Michigan
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Memphis, Mississippi
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Memphis, Missouri
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Memphis, Nebraska
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Memphis, New York
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Memphis, Ohio
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Memphis metropolitan area, centered on Memphis, Tennessee
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Memphis, Texas
Elsewhere
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Mampsis, Mamshit or Memphis, a Nabatean city
Music
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Memphis (band), a musical duo
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Memphis Industries, a record label
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''Memphis'' (musical), a Broadway musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
Albums
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''Memphis'' (Boz Scaggs album), 2013
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''Memphis'' (Roy Orbison album), 1972
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Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis'', 2019
Songs
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"Memphis, Tennessee" (song) or "Memphis", by Chuck Berry, 1959; covered by many performers
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"Memphis" (The Badloves song), 1994
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"Memphis" (Joe Jackson song), 1983
* "Memphis", by
Donnie Brooks
Donnie Brooks (born John Dee Abohosh; February 6, 1936 – February 23, 2007) was an American pop music singer. Brooks is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Early life
Born in Dallas, Texas, Abohosh moved to Ventura, California in his ...
, 1961
* "Memphis", by
David Nail
David Brent Nail (born May 18, 1979) is an American singer/songwriter and country music artist. In 2002, he debuted the single "Memphis" from an unreleased album for Mercury Records Nashville. Five years later, he signed with MCA Nashville, fo ...
, 2002
* "Memphis", by Justin Bieber from ''
Journals'', 2013
* "Memphis", by Justin Timberlake from ''
Everything I Thought It Was
''Everything I Thought It Was'' is the sixth studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake. It was released through RCA Records on March 15, 2024. The album serves as the follow-up to his previous album, '' Man of the Woods'' (2018), and fea ...
'', 2024
* "Memphis", by White Zombie from ''
Psycho-Head Blowout
''Psycho-Head Blowout'' is the third EP by American rock band White Zombie, released in May 1987 by Silent Explosion. The album was recorded with producer and composer Kramer and was the band's first to feature guitarist Tom Guay, who had a ...
'', 1987
Other uses
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Memphis (1992 film)
''Memphis'' is a 1992 American television film starring Cybill Shepherd. The script was written by Larry McMurtry and Shepherd from a book by Shelby Foote. The movie premiered on Turner Network Television in January 1992.
Premise
Three whi ...
, an American television film
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''Memphis'' (2013 film), a film directed by Tim Sutton.
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Memphis (mythology) In Greek mythology, Memphis () was the female eponym of Memphis in Egypt. The name was attributed to several distinct characters, namely:
* Memphis, daughter of Nilus and wife of Epaphus. Apollodorus2.1.4 Tzetzes ad Lycophron894/ref>
* Memphi ...
, the wife of Epaphus, who was, according to legend, the founder of Memphis, Egypt
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''Memphis'' (genus), a genus of brush-footed butterflies
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Memphis (cigarette), a cigarette brand of Austria Tabak
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Memphis (typeface), a slab-serif typeface designed in 1929 by Rudolf Wolf
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Memphis Group, an influential design movement of Italian designers and architects in the 1980s
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USS ''Memphis'' (CA-10), a US Navy armored cruiser wrecked by a tsunami in 1916
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USS ''Memphis'' (SSN-691), a nuclear attack submarine of the United States Navy
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Windows 98
Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was the second operating system in the 9x line, as the successor to Windows 95. It was Software ...
, codenamed Memphis during development
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''City of Memphis'' (train), a passenger train route
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CSS ''Memphis'' Confederate Battery converted from floating dry dock 1861
People with the name
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Memphis Bleek, New York rapper
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Memphis Depay
Memphis Depay (; born 13 February 1994), also known mononymously as Memphis, is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Sport Club Corin ...
, Dutch footballer
* Randall 'Memphis' Raines, a character in ''
Gone in 60 Seconds''
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Ricky Memphis, Italian actor
See also
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University of Memphis
The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students.
The university maintains the Herff Col ...
, a public university in Memphis, Tennessee
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Memphis Tigers, the athletic programs of the University of Memphis
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West Memphis, Arkansas, part of the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area
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Memphis La Blusera, an Argentine blues band
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Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the ...
, American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee
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Corporate Memphis, an art style.
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