Etymology

tanager

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Today it means: Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests within the family Thraupidae. Full definition →

translingual Tanagra ← Portuguese tangará ← Old Tupi tangará
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  1. Old Tupi · derived fromtangará
  2. Portuguese · derived fromtangará
  3. translingual · borrowed fromTanagra
  4. English todaytanager

From translingual Tanagra, from Portuguese tangará, from Old Tupi tangará.

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