Talavera
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Talavera
Named after Talavera de la Reina , the Spanish village famed for this pottery
Example Sentences
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On the wall facing this display is a huge vitrine containing an 18th century Talavera jar from Mexico, paired with a 2025/26 color photograph by Brooklyn-based Stephanie H. Shih.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
The PMI data “will offer a useful measure of how activity is being affected by the crisis in the Middle East,” said Oxford Economics’ chief European economist Angel Talavera in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Lewis Stevenson, from Derby, fell from Castilla La Mancha bridge, outside the city of Talavera de la Reina, on Sunday.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
Talavera was surrounded when, video shows, Lovejoy and Young arrived in marked cars, lights flashing, and began to scream “Don’t move” and “Get on the ground.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023
Fernando de Talavera and all the churchmen present piously crossed themselves, an act in which Columbus himself joined.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore
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