muscle shoals

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Definition of muscle shoals in English English dictionary

Former rapids, Tennessee River, northwestern Alabama, U.S. At about 37 mi (60 km) long, it was a navigation hazard but is now submerged under at least 9 ft (3 m) of water by the Wilson, Wheeler, and Pickwick Landing dams, which completely eliminated the rapids. Manufacturing plants and hydroelectric power facilities are administered by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The city of Muscle Shoals (pop., 2000: 11,924) developed from the TVA complex in the Wilson Dam area

Hyphenation

mus·cle shoals

Turkish pronunciation

mʌsıl şōlz

Pronunciation

/ˈməsəl ˈsʜōlz/ /ˈmʌsəl ˈʃoʊlz/