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Tennessee is a Southern state of the United States. The earliest variant of the name that became Tennessee was recorded by Captain Juan Pardo, the Spanish explorer, when he and his men passed through a Native American village named "Tanasqui" in 1567 while travelling inland from South Carolina. European settlers later encountered a Cherokee town named Tanasi (or "Tanase") in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee. The town was located on a river of the same name (now known as the Little Tennessee River). It is not known whether this was the same town as the one encountered by Juan Pardo. Tennessee lies adjacent to 8 other states, matched only by Missouri which also borders 8 states. Tennessee is bordered on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, on the east by North Carolina, on the south by Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and on the west by Arkansas and Missouri. The state is trisected by the Tennessee River. The highest point in the state is the peak of Clingmans Dome at 6,643 feet (2,025 meters), which lies on Tennessee's eastern border. The geographical center of the state is located several miles east of Murfreesboro on Old Lascassas Pike and is marked by a roadside monument. The state of Tennessee is traditionally divided by its people into three, culturally distinct Grand Divisions—East, Middle, and West Tennessee. The Tennessee River is generally considered the dividing line between Middle and West Tennessee. The Cumberland Plateau is generally considered the dividing line between East and Middle Tennessee. Tennessee features six principal geographic regions. Roughly from west to east, these are: Gulf Coastal Plain - including the Mississippi embayment , Nashville Basin , Highland Rim - this is continuous with the region in Kentucky termed the Pennyroyal Plateau , Cumberland Plateau - also called the Appalachian Plateau , Ridge-and-valley Appalachians , Blue Ridge Mountains - including the Great Smoky Mountains
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