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The nickname for the University of Tennessee: Knoxville. Name is taken from the nickname of the state of Tennessee, which is the Volunteer State. Tennessee obtained this nickname when an unprecedented amount of volunteers came from Tennessee to fight in the Mexican/American War.

Commonly shortened to "Vols"
Let's go Vols!

I attend the University of Tennessee, home of the Volunteers.
by JTHNASH July 1, 2009
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