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Tamar.

A daughter-in-law of Judah.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈteɪmə(ɹ)//ˈtɑːmɑ(ɹ)/
  1. A daughter-in-law of Judah.

  2. A daughter of David.

  3. A daughter of Absalom.

  4. A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Where this word comes from

From Hebrew תָּמָר (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”).

name/ˈteɪmɑː(ɹ)/
  1. A river in Devon and Cornwall, England, which forms the border between the two counties.

  2. A river in the Australian state of Tasmania, named after the English river.

  3. Administrative centre of Hong Kong.

Where this word comes from

From Latin Tamarus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”). See more at Thames.

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