Tanna

See also: tanna

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Tanna f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – cicadas of Asia.
2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders, renamed in 2006 to Araneotanna.

References

• Tanna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tanna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tanna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology 1

Named by British explorer James Cook in 1774, said to be from Kwamera tana (“earth”).

Proper noun

Tanna

1. 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.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew תַּנָּא (tannā), from Aramaic.

Alternative forms

• Tana

Noun

Tanna (plural Tannas or Tannaim)

1. Any of the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishna, from approximately 10–220 CE.

Anagrams

• annat