English Explanatory Dictionary

tanna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of thana.
name
  1. An island of Tafea, Vanuatu.
noun
  1. Any of the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishna, from approximately 10–220 CE.

Word forms

tanna tannas Tannaim Tana

Etymology

Named by British explorer James Cook in 1774, said to be from Kwamera tana (“earth”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq (“earth, soil”).

Derived words

Tannan Tannese Tannaic
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