Tanna
See also: tanna
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Tanna f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – cicadas of Asia.
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders, renamed in 2006 to Araneotanna.
References edit
- Tanna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tanna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Tanna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Named by British explorer James Cook in 1774, said to be from Kwamera tana (“earth”).[1]
Proper noun edit
Tanna
- An island in Tafea, Vanuatu.
- 2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 78:
- The next mission station for us to visit was on Paama Island, where Alison Todd, an Australian nursing sister, was stationed. Alison is tall and very definite in her manner. She had worked on the island of Tanna and also at PMH before going to Paama.
References edit
- ^ SICOL: Historical and descriptive studies. (1998). Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, p. 167
Etymology 2 edit
From Hebrew תַּנָּא (tannā), from Aramaic.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
Tanna (plural Tannas or Tannaim)