Tanis

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See also: tanis, tanış, and tanīs

English

Proper noun

Tanis

  1. plural of Tani

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τάνις (Tánis), itself from Egyptian
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t Z5		 mwN36
N23		 niwt
 (ḏꜥnt).

Proper noun

Tanis f sg (genitive Tanis); third declension

  1. A city of Lower Egypt situated on the delta of the Nile

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tanis
Genitive Tanis
Dative Tanī
Accusative Tanem
Ablative Tane
Vocative Tanis
Locative Tanī
Tane

Derived terms

References

  • Tanis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Tanis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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