Memphian
proper noun
- person from or resident of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- native or inhabitant of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μέμφῐς (Mémphĭs) + -an.
- Of or relating to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt.
“Memphian darkness”
“Now may we ſee Damaſcus lofty towers, Like to the ſhadowes of Pyramides, That with their beauties grac’d the Memphion fields: […]”
- Of or relating to the city of Memphis in the US, or another city named Memphis.
noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μέμφῐς (Mémphĭs) + -an.
- A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt.
“One, in few howers, a fearfull ſlaughter made / Of all the Firſt-born that the Memphians had; […]”
“Tranced in her Lord’s Olympian smile / His lotus-loving Memphian lies,— / The musky daughter of the Nile / With plaited hair and almond eyes.”
- A native or inhabitant of the city of Memphis in the US, or another city named Memphis.
“A soft summer downpour greeted the crowd arriving for Memphis Night, with 100 Memphians on hand to holler for their girls, the first of whom was Ruth Welting in the same kind of innocent cotton dress a girl might wear to a dancer at home.”
“As Memphians' hearts broke, millions of Americans watched on television when Bill Walton sprained his ankle […] Larry Finch thanked his fellow Memphians “for making us proud to know that we had more people pulling for us[…]"”