A historic port city on the Mississippi River in southwestern Mississippi; population 16,413 (est. 2008). The Natchez Trace, which leads from here to Nashville in Tennessee, was a 19th-century route for riverboatmen returning north from trips to New Orleans.
Definition of Natchez in US English:
Natchez
proper nounˈnaCHəz
A historic port city on the Mississippi River in southwestern Mississippi; population 16,413 (est. 2008). The Natchez Trace, which leads from here to Nashville in Tennessee, was a 19th-century route for riverboatmen returning north from trips to New Orleans.