Taranto

English

Etymology

From Italian Taranto, from Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), which also yields Albanian dru (“wood, tree”). Doublet of Taras and Tarentum.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːɹəntoʊ/, /ˈtɛɹ.ən.toʊ/, /təˈɹæn.toʊ/, /təˈɹɑːn.toʊ/, /tɑˈɹɑːntoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtæ.ɹən.təʊ/, /təˈɹæntoʊ/
• Hyphenation: Tar‧an‧to

Proper noun

Taranto

1. A port city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.
2. A province of Apulia, Italy, around the city.

Synonyms

• Tarentum (historical)

Translations

city and province

• Arabic: تارانتو (Tārāntū)
• Armenian: Տարանտո (Taranto)
• Bulgarian: Таранто (Taranto)
• Catalan: Tàrent
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔蘭托／塔兰托 (Tǎlántuō)

• Czech: Tarent m
• Dutch: Tarente
• Finnish: Taranto
• French: Tarente (fr) f
• Galician: Tarento (gl)
• Georgian: ტარანტო (ṭaranṭo)
• German: Tarent (de) n, Taranto (de) n
• Greek: Τάραντας (el) m (Tárantas), Ταράντο (el) m (Taránto)

  Ancient: Τᾰ́ρᾱς m (Tárās)

• Hebrew: טאראנטו
• Hungarian: Tarantó
• Italian: Taranto (it) f
• Japanese: ターラント (Tāranto), タラント (Taranto)
• Korean: 타란토 (taranto)
• Latin: Tarentum n
• Lithuanian: Tarantas
• Marathi: तारान्तो (tārānto)
• Occitan: Tarent
• Polish: Tarent (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tarento f
• Romanian: Taranto
• Russian: Та́ранто m (Táranto)
• Sicilian: Tàrantu
• Spanish: Tarento (es) f
• Tarantino: Tarde
• Turkish: Taranto

References

• “Taranto”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Taranto”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Taranto”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Taranto”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tarantula”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “Taronto”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Anagrams

• arnatto, arnotta, natator

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), which also yields Albanian dru (“wood, tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ran.to/

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• Rhymes: -aranto
• Hyphenation: Tà‧ran‧to

Proper noun

Taranto f

1. Taranto (a province of Italy)
2. Taranto (a city in Italy)
3. the letter T in the Italian spelling alphabet

   Synonym: Torino

Derived terms

• tarantino, Tarantino

Anagrams

• Tantaro, tornata, tronata