Meanings
tanna1
Tanna2
- An island of Tafea, Vanuatu.
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.
2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 78
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Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Tanna · proper noun
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəq“earth, soil”
- tnktana“earth”
- EnglishTanna
Named by British explorer James Cook in 1774, said to be from Kwamera tana (“earth”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq (“earth, soil”).
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- Hebrewתַּנָּא
- EnglishTanna
From Hebrew תַּנָּא (tannā), from Aramaic.
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Cite this entry
tanna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanna
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