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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
opry

1914, U.S. dialectal pronunciation of opera. Especially in Grand Ole Opry, a radio broadcast of country music from Nashville, registered as a proprietary name 1950.

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opry

n. 1 (context Appalachian English) opera 2 (context US English) an establishment providing country or folk music.

Usage examples of "opry".

Old Tyme Opry hotel and found himself face-to-face with a billboard that said, Why Not Take ALL Your Vacations in Pigeon Fudge, Tennessee?

I took my place backstage that night, my usual cocky self, acting as if I sang on the Opry every night.

Easily two hundred round pounds, not including a Grand Ole Opry hairdo that rose up off her head in a frozen yellow cyclone.

Wanted to go and see the Grand Ole Opry where they broadcast in the old days.

He should be making records and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry, women should be blowing him kisses and throwing him their scarves.

Oscars, and a country music star praising Allah at the Grand Ole Opry, for starting a cascade effect that had led to millions of new converts within weeks.

Opry to cartoons, to QVC to CNN to Pro Wrestling and then back to CNN.