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

In a tell-all letter addressed to the South Lake Tahoe community, Mayor Tamara Wallace confessed on Monday that she “took funds” from the city’s Presbyterian church after a prolonged “mental health crisis,” according to the letter published by the Tahoe Daily Tribune.

From Los Angeles Times

I mentioned it to another friend who’s a producer on the show, Tamara Weiss, and she just kind of had this great idea to reformat it, and I guess the timing was right.

From Los Angeles Times

She believes she may be the first runner to attempt a fast time on this particular route which incorporates the South West Coast Path and the Tamara Coast to Coast Way which runs along the historic border between Devon and Cornwall.

From BBC

Tamara, who's in her 60s, tells me her own vote won't be decided by a lack of schoolbooks or even salaries.

From BBC

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