Asheville

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A0458800 (ăsh′vĭl′) A city of western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains west of Charlotte. It is a popular tourist center.

Ashe•ville

(ˈæʃ vɪl)

n. a city in W North Carolina. 61,220.

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Asheville - a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of CharlotteNC, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State - a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies

Asheville

(ăsh`vəl, –vĭl), city (1990 pop. 61,607), seat of Buncombe co., W N.C., on the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers and on a plateau in the Blue Ridge Mts.; inc. 1797. Near Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Pisgah National Forest, Asheville is a popular resort, convention, and tourist center. The city is also a financial, transportation, and retail center for W North Carolina. Tobacco is processed and marketed; textiles, electronic equipment, paper, food, auto parts, and glass products are made. The Vanderbilt estate, Biltmore ("America's largest house"), is among numerous recreational and scenic attractions. The home of writer Thomas WolfeWolfe, Thomas Clayton,
1900–1938, American novelist, b. Asheville, N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina, 1920, M.A. Harvard, 1922. An important 20th-century American novelist, Wolfe wrote four mammoth novels, which, while highly autobiographical, present a sweeping picture
..... Click the link for more information. and the Univ. of North Carolina at Asheville are in the city, and the Eastern Cherokee reservation lies to the west.

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noun a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte

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