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  Taal

  noun

  Usually the Taal Afrikaans.
• taal
  taal

  noun

  language: usually, by implication, Afrikaans

Taal

¹ American  

[tahl] / tɑl /

noun

1. Usually the Taal Afrikaans.

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Taal ² American  

[tah-ahl] / tɑˈɑl /

noun

1. an active volcano in the Philippines, on SW Luzon, on an island in Taal Lake: eruptions 1749, 1873, 1911. 1,050 feet (320 meters).

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Taal ¹ British  

/ tɑːˈɑːl /

noun

1. an active volcano in the Philippines, on S Luzon on an island in the centre of Lake Taal . Height: 300 m (984 ft). Area of lake: 243 sq km (94 sq miles)

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taal ² British  

/ tɑːl /

noun

1. language: usually, by implication, Afrikaans

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Etymology

Origin of Taal

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Afrikaans, from Dutch taal “language, speech”; cognate with tale

Example Sentences

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Mr Taal is at least the second international student to opt to leave the US after being targeted for removal by the US Department of Homeland Security.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025

According to university emails sent to Taal and reviewed by Slate, Cornell suspended Taal for violating “multiple provisions of the Student Code of Conduct” and concluded he would be temporarily suspended.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2024

Griffin connected with Gretchen Roffler, a biologist with Alaska Department of Fish and Game, who introduced Griffin to Taal Levi, a professor at Oregon State and Dymit's advisor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2023

The state volcanology and seismology institute said it observed upwelling of hot volcanic fluids in the Taal volcano's crater lake, resulting in the emission of volcanic gases.

From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2023

During this petition, while every head was bent and all eyes were shut, the craters softly closed and Taal was as it had been before.

From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

And one who is very proud to make the acquaintance of so famous and gifted a man as yourself,” replied Colvin, who spoke the taal very fairly well.

From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford

During 1906 he gave offence to the extreme section of the Bond by some criticisms of the taal and his use of English in public speeches.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

Matheson replied to this greeting in English, explaining, apologetically that always he had been a fool at languages, and that he did not speak the taal.

From The Shadow of the Past by F.E. Mills Young

The messenger who delivers this has no knowledge of the taal.

From The Shadow of the Past by F.E. Mills Young

"Oh, God, help!" he cried in his native taal, as he prepared to heave his huge form into the saddle.

From Stella Fregelius by Henry Rider Haggard