Tempe

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English

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Etymology

Named for the Vale of Tempe in northern Thessaly, Greece

Proper noun

Tempe

  1. A city in Arizona.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τέμπη (Témpē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tempē n (indeclinable)

  1. (geography) A valley of Thessaly, through which ran the river Peneus

References

  • Tempe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Tempe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Tempe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly