taverna

[tuh-vur-nuh, -vair-, tah-ver-nah]

noun

1. a small, unpretentious caf é or restaurant in Greece.

taverna

/ təˈvɜːnə /

noun

1. (in Greece) a guesthouse that has its own bar

2. a Greek restaurant

Word History and Origins

Origin of taverna¹

1945–50; < Modern Greek tabérna (pronunciation taverna ), Medieval Greek, Late Greek < L. See tavern

Word History and Origins

Origin of taverna¹

C20: Modern Greek, from Latin taberna

Example Sentences

“We don’t want the Cycladic food to disappear because the younger generations sell the family taverna and it becomes a sushi bar,” she said.

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He plays the song and listens to it from a different room, imagining it is "playing faintly in the distance from a Greek taverna".

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At the time Ms Hanlon died she had been living in Crete for several years, working in bars and tavernas.

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Desserts are, of course, the ones you see in tavernas and cafes all over Spain: flan, rice pudding, torrijas with berries.

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Normally busy restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and traditional tavernas in Athens remained closed with chairs flipped onto outdoor tables, including in the Greek capital’s historic Plaka district.

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