tamara

¹

[tuh-mahr-uh]

noun

Italian Cooking.

1. a powdered mixture of cinnamon, cloves, coriander, aniseed, and fennel seed.

Tamara

²

[tam-er-uh, tuh-mar-uh, -mahr-uh]

noun

1. a female given name.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tamara¹

Origin uncertain

Example Sentences

At the same time, water starts to leak into their body’s tissues, causing them to swell, explains Tamara Hew-Butler, a Texas-based podiatrist who specializes in treating and studying runners.

From Slate

When Rute Freires was told by a doctor that her newborn daughter Tamara wouldn't live long, she started crying uncontrollably.

From BBC

Tamara had microcephaly - an abnormally small head - one of many conditions resulting from her mother being infected with the Zika virus while pregnant.

From BBC

Now nine-years-old, Tamara eats through a stomach tube.

From BBC

"There were so many kids with the same syndrome as Tamara. We started talking to each other, exchanging information… and things finally started to make sense."

From BBC