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Tanais.

Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in modern Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈta.na.ɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈtaː.na.is]

  1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in modern Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

    declension-3 · masculine · singular

  2. a male given name

    declension-3 · masculine · singular
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-der. Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs)bor. Latin Tanais Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).

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