US state whose capital is Nashville (9)

I believe the answer is:

tennessee

(Other definitions for tennessee that I've seen before include "Volunteer State" , "Famous American playwright . . . . . . . . . Williams" , "Name of US dramatist" , "Teen sense observed in American state" , "State of south-east US" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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