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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

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Example Sentences

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The Columbia student's lawsuit also names other students facing deportation, including Cornell doctoral candidate Momodou Taal and Columbia international student Ranjani Srinivasan, whose visa was revoked.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

That includes Cornell University, where Momodou Taal joined a recent protest and nearly lost it all.

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

Authorities suspended Friday classes in dozens of towns and cities Cavite, Laguna, and Batangas provinces adjacent to Taal volcano, and in five cities in the capital region.

From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2023

Finally he settled on Taal, in the volcanic region of Luzon.

From Caybigan by James Hopper

"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

The new-comer looked us over with bright intelligent eyes, and started questioning Peter in the taal.

From Greenmantle by John Buchan

Oh never a talk of over five minutes, but little familiar terms like taal, zolder, maar, and so on, would begin to be showered in, here and there.

From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by J. Irwin Brown

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

Oom Koos said pleasantly, as one who considered the taal the language of the country, and its acquirement the natural outcome of residence therein.

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

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