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| Noun | 1. A town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Asheville" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1877. (references) |
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| Asheville Aces | The Asheville Aces are a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Asheville, North Carolina. They are a member of the SPHL, and play their home games at the Asheville Civic Center. (references) | ||
| Asheville Civic Center | The Asheville Civic Center is a 7,654-seat multi-purpose arena in Asheville, North Carolina. It was home to the Asheville Altitude basketball team in the NBDL before the franchise moved to Tulsa in 2005 and the United Hockey Leagues Asheville Smoke. (references) | ||
| Asheville Mall | Asheville Mall is the first and largest mall in Asheville, NC. It is anchored by Belk, Dillard's, J.C. Penney and Sears department stores. (references) | ||
| Asheville Regional Airport | Asheville Regional Airport (IATA: AVL, ICAO: KAVL) is a Class C airport by Interstate 40 and Interstate 26 in Fletcher, North Carolina, near Asheville, North Carolina. In 2003 it had a total of 441,811 passengers. It offers free Wi-fi. (references) | ||
| Asheville School | Asheville School is a small, private boarding school in Asheville, North Carolina. Founded in 1900, it currently has around 240 students in grades nine through twelve. The school's current headmaster is Archibald Montgomery. Asheville School allows both boarding and day students, and hosts its boarders in three dormitories, segregated by gender on each hall. (references) | ||
| Asheville Splash | The Asheville Splash are a W-League franchise that currently plays in the city of Asheville, North Carolina. (references) | ||
| Asheville Tourists | The Asheville Tourists are a minor league baseball team in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. They are a Class A team in the South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Colorado Rockies since 1994. The Tourists play home games at McCormick Field. Opened in 1924 and renovated for the 1992 season, McCormick Field seats 4,000 fans. (references) | ||
| USS Asheville | Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Asheville, for the town in North Carolina. (references) | ||
| USS Asheville (SSN-758) | USS Asheville (SSN-758), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Asheville, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 9 January 1987. She was launched on 24 February 1990 sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy Helms, and commissioned on 28 September 1991, with Commander Patrick Casey in command. (references) | ||
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