Tenn.

Geography & Places abbreviation · US State Traditional

Tenn. stands for Tennessee, a US state traditional abbreviation.

Tennessee's abbreviation in AP datelines (KNOXVILLE, Tenn.), party labels (R-Tenn.), the GPO manual and The Bluebook. Tenn. Code Ann. is the standard citation for the state's annotated statutes.

Example: MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Barbecue teams from 20 states competed over the weekend.

Usage notes

Envelopes need TN, introduced in 1963, never TE or TENN. Nashville and Memphis both take Tenn. in AP datelines. The playwright Tennessee Williams took his pen name from the state, his father's home.

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