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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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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including Cornell doctoral candidate Momodou Taal and Columbia international student Ranjani Srinivasan, whose visa was revoked.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

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

Someone who spoke the Taal had written for her.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

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 Brown, J. Irwin

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 Mitford, Bertram

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

From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider

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 Young, F.E. Mills

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 Young, F.E. Mills