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Taman languages: group of languages that form part of the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Tama and Sungor (or Erenga) are spoken on either side of the border between ...
Tamang: people of Nepal living in the mountains northwest, north, and east of the Kathmandu Valley. Their numbers were estimated to be about 690,000 in the late 20th century. The Tamang ...
Tamanghasset: town, southern Algeria. Located in the mountainous Ahaggar (Hoggar) region on the Wadi Tamanghasset, the town originated as a military outpost, guarding trans-Saharan trade routes. It has become an important ...
Tamano: city, Okayama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on a channel of the Inland Sea, opposite Takamatsu, on Shikoku. The city is composed of the former towns of Tama, Hibi, and the ...
Tamaqua: borough (town), Schuylkill county, east-central Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Little Schuylkill River. The area was settled in 1799, and its name derives from the Iroquois Indian word for "land of ...
Tamar, River: tidal estuary in northern Tasmania, Australia, formed by the confluence of the North and South Esk rivers. It extends 40 miles (65 km) northwest to enter Bass Strait at Port ...
Tamar, River: river in southwestern England, rising within 4 miles (6 km) of the Bristol Channel and flowing south to the English Channel by Plymouth Sound. For most of its length of ...
tamarau: (species Anoa mindorensis), small species of buffalo (q.v.).
Tamaricales: the tamarisk order of dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising three families (Tamaricaceae, Frankeniaceae, and Fouquieriaceae) of trees, shrubs, and herbs usually found in temperate and subtropical steppes, deserts, and salt deserts ...
tamarin: any marmoset species belonging to the genus Saguinus or Leontopithecus.
tamarind: (species Tamarindus indica), evergreen tree, of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to tropical Africa. It is widely cultivated in other regions as an ornamental and for its edible fruit. The ...
tamarisk: (genus Tamarix), any of 54 species of shrubs and low trees (family Tamaricaceae) that, with false tamarisks (Myricaria, 10 species), grow in salt deserts, by seashores, in mountainous areas, and ...
tamasha: erotic form of Indian folk drama begun in the early 18th century in Maharashtra. In all other forms of Indian folk theatre, men are cast in the major roles. The ...
Tamaulipas: estado ("state"), northeastern Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is bounded by the United States (north), the Gulf of Mexico (east), Veracruz and San Luis Potosi (south), and San ...
tamaya: in the Shinto religion of Japan, a memorial altar dedicated to the spirits of deceased ancestors. The tamaya is not found in all homes observing Shinto because Buddhist practices dominate ...
Tamayo y Baus, Manuel: Spanish dramatist who, with Adelardo Lopez de Ayala y Herrera, dominated the Spanish stage in the mid-19th century. He was a key figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism ...
Tamayo, Rufino: Mexican painter who combined modern European painting styles with Mexican folk themes.
Tambacounda: town, southeastern Senegal. It is situated about 250 miles (400 km) east-southeast of Dakar, the national capital. The town is in a tall-grass and acacia savanna area known for its ...
Tambo, Oliver: president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) from 1969. He spent more than 30 years in exile (1960-90).
Tambora, Mount: dormant volcanic mountain on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia. Now 9,354 feet (2,851 m) high, it erupted violently in 1815, when it lost much of its top and ...
tambour: embroidery worked on material that has been stretched taut on a tambour frame, which consists of two wooden hoops, one slightly larger than the other, fitting close together. The embroidery ...
tamboura: long-necked fretless Indian lute. It has a hollow neck, measures about 40-60 inches (102-153 cm) in length, and usually has four metal strings tuned (relative pitch) c-c'-c'-g or c-c'-c'-f. Precision ...
tambourine: small frame drum (one whose shell is too narrow to resonate the sound) having one or two skins nailed or glued to a shallow circular or polygonal frame. The tambourine ...
Tambov: city and administrative centre of Tambov oblast (province), western Russia. It lies along the upper Tsna River. Founded in 1636 as a fortress on the Belgorod defensive line, in 1779 ...
Tambov: oblast (province), western Russia. It occupies an area of 13,250 square miles (34,300 square km) on the low, level plain of the Oka and Don rivers. The natural vegetation is ...
Tamburini, Antonio: Italian operatic baritone, particularly noted for his starring roles in the works of Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini.
Tameside: metropolitan borough in the eastern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. The parts of the borough west of the River Tame, such as Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, and Denton, ...
Tami style: type of Oceanic carving originating on the Tami Islands, in Papua New Guinea. The style spread to the coastal areas along the Huon Gulf, to the islands of Umboi and ...
Tamiahua Lagoon: long coastal lagoon in Veracruz estado ("state"), eastern Mexico. An inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, it extends approximately 65 miles (105 km) southward from Tampico. A long, narrow, sandy ...
Tamil: people originally of southern India and speaking Tamil, one of the principal languages of the Dravidian family. Numbering about 57,000,000 in the late 20th century (including about 3,200,000 speakers in ...
Tamil language: language of the Dravidian family, spoken in southern India; it is the official language of the state of Tamil Nadu (Madras). Other Tamil speakers live in Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), ...
Tamil literature: body of writings in Tamil, a Dravidian language of India and Sri Lanka. Apart from literature written in classical (Indo-Aryan) Sanskrit, Tamil is the oldest literature in India. Some inscriptions ...
Tamil Nadu: state of India. It is located in the extreme south of the subcontinent. The state has an area of 50,215 square miles (130,057 square kilometres). It is bounded by the ...
Tamil Tigers: guerrilla organization that seeks to establish an independent Tamil state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
Tamilnad Plains: eastern coastal lowlands of Tamil Nadu state, southern India. Bounded by the Bay of Bengal on the east, the Indian Ocean on the south, the Eastern Ghats on the west, ...
Tamilnad Uplands: hilly region in central Tamil Nadu state, southern India, extending over an area of about 15,200 sq mi (38,000 sq km) and bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the west, ...
Taming of the Shrew, The: comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written sometime in 1590-94 and first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The play describes the volatile courtship between the shrewish Katharina ...
Tamiris, Helen: American choreographer, modern dancer, and teacher, one of the first to make use of jazz, Negro spirituals, and social-protest themes in her work.
Tamluk: city, West Bengal state, northeastern India, just south of the Rupnarayan River. Archaeological excavations have revealed a sequence of occupation going back to a period in which stone axes and ...
Tamm, Igor Yevgenyevich: Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physics with Pavel A. Cherenkov and Ilya M. Frank for his efforts in explaining Cherenkov radiation.
Tammann, Gustav: Russian chemist who helped to found the science of metallurgy and pioneered in the study of the internal structure and physical properties of metals and their alloys. In addition, his ...
Tammany Hall: the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City historically exercising political control through the typical boss-ist blend of charity and patronage. The name was derived from a ...
Tammuz: in Mesopotamian religion, god of fertility embodying the powers for new life in nature in the spring. The name Tammuz seems to have been derived from the Akkadian form Tammuzi, ...
Tammuz, Fast of: a minor Jewish observance (on Tammuz 17) that inaugurates three weeks of mourning (see Three Weeks) that culminate in the 24-hour fast of Tisha be-Av. Though probably an adaptation of ...
Tampa: city, seat (1834) of Hillsborough county, west-central Florida, U.S. It is situated on the northern shore of Tampa Bay at the mouth of the Hillsborough River and is connected to ...
Tampa Bay: arm of the Gulf of Mexico, indenting the west coast of Florida, U.S., covering about 400 square miles (1,000 square km). The bay, shaped roughly like a crescent some 40 ...
Tampere: city, southwestern Finland. It is located on an isthmus traversed by the Tammer Rapids between Lakes Nasi and Pyha, northwest of Helsinki. Tampere is Finland's second largest city and both ...
Tampico: city and port, southeastern Tamaulipas estado ("state"), northeastern Mexico. It lies on the northern bank of the Panuco River, 6 miles (10 km) from the Gulf of Mexico. Tampico is ...
Tamworth: borough (district), administrative county of Staffordshire, England, at the confluence of the Tame and Anker rivers, on the northeastern periphery of the metropolitan area centred on Birmingham. The historic centre ...
Tamworth: city, east-central New South Wales, southeastern Australia, on the Peel River, a tributary of the Namoi River. It was founded in 1848 in a valley (visited in 1818 by the ...
Tan Cheng Lock: (b. April 5, 1883, Malacca, Straits Settlements [now in Malaysia]-d. Dec. 8, 1960, Malacca, Malaya). Malaysian Chinese community leader, politician, and businessman.
Tan Malaka, Ibrahim Datuk: (Headman) Indonesian Communist leader who competed with Sukarno for control of the Indonesian nationalist movement.
Tan, Amy: American author of novels about Chinese-American women and the immigrant experience.
tan-e: Japanese wood-block prints hand-coloured with an orange-red tone. Tan-e were produced in the Edo period from the late 17th century through the first quarter of the 18th century by Ukiyo-e ...
Tan-shui: coastal chen (town) in western T'ai-pei hsien (county), northern Taiwan. It is located on the northern bank of the Tan-shui River, about 10 miles ...
Tan-Tan: town, provincial capital, and province, Sud region, southwestern Morocco. The town, about 16 mi (25 km) by road east of the Atlantic Ocean in the extreme northwestern reaches of the ...
Tan-tung: city, southeastern Liaoning sheng (province), China. A prefecture-level municipality (shih), its territory includes not only the municipal area but also several counties (hsien) occupying the entire North Korean border zone ...
Tana River: river, Kenya, flowing 440 miles (708 km) from its headwaters in the Aberdare Range and Mount Kenya to the Indian Ocean. Taking a northeasterly course at first, the river plunges ...
Tana, Lake: largest lake of Ethiopia, in a depression of the northwest plateau, 6,000 ft (1,800 m) above sea level. It forms the main reservoir for the Blue Nile (Abbay) River, which ...
Tanabe Hajime: Japanese philosopher of science who attempted to synthesize Buddhism, Christianity, Marxism, and scientific thought. He taught the philosophy of science at Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai from 1913 and later ...
tanager: any of numerous songbirds of New World forests and gardens, chiefly in the tropics, constituting most of the subfamily Thraupinae (formerly Tanagrinae), of the family Emberizidae. The subfamily includes 200 ...
Tanagra: city of ancient Boeotia, Greece. It is situated in northern Attica on the left bank of the Asopos River near Thebes and Chalcis (Khalkis). The nearly circular hill of the ...
Tanagra figurine: any of the small terra-cotta figures dating primarily from the 3rd century BC, and named after the site in Boeotia, in east-central Greece, where they were found. Well-dressed young women ...
tanaid: any of more than 300 species of small, bottom-dwelling marine and brackish-water crustaceans constituting the order Tanaidacea (superorder Peracarida). Tanaids have a worldwide distribution; they are especially numerous in shallow ...
Tanaina: a North American Indian people, the only northern Athabascan-speaking Indians occupying extensive portions of the seacoast. They lived chiefly in the drainage areas of Cook Inlet and Clark Lake in ...
Tanaka Giichi, Baron: (Danshaku) prime minister (1927-29) and author of Japan's aggressive policy toward China in the 1920s.
Tanaka Kakuei: politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974 and who subsequently became the central figure in a major political scandal.
Tanaka Koichi: Japanese scientist who, with John B. Fenn and Kurt Wuthrich, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002 for developing techniques to identify and analyze proteins and other large biological ...
Tanaka Odo: Japanese philosopher and critic who promoted within Japan the Western philosophy of pragmatism.
Tanala: a Malagasy people living in southeastern Madagascar who are separated from the coast by the Antaimoro and other ethnic groups. They are divided into two subgroups: the Tanala Menabe in ...
Tanana: a small Athabascan-speaking tribe of North American Indians that lived along the headwaters of the Tanana River in central Alaska. They were nomadic hunters, relying chiefly on caribou, moose, and ...
Tanana River: river, east-central Alaska, U.S. Its name is an Athabascan word meaning "river trail." An important tributary of the Yukon River, it rises from two headstreams, the Chisana and Nabesna rivers ...
Tanaquil: legendary Etruscan prophet, the wife of Tarquinius Priscus, traditionally the fifth king of Rome.
tanbark oak: oaklike ornamental evergreen tree with tannin-rich bark. It is a member of the beech family (Fagaceae) and is native to coastal areas of southern Oregon and northern California.
tanbur: long-necked lute played under various names from the Balkans to northwestern Asia. Closely resembling the ancient Greek pandoura and the long lutes of ancient Egypt and Babylon, it has a ...
Tancred: king of Sicily whose brief reign marked the end of the Norman rule there.