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Tanagra

[ tan-uh-gruh, tuh-nag-ruh ]

noun

  1. a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Spartan victory over the Athenians 457 b.c.


Tanagra

/ ˈtænəɡrə /

noun

  1. a town in ancient Boeotia, famous for terracotta figurines of the same name, first discovered in its necropolis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The two F-16s presented at the Tanagra airbase northwest of Athens are the first of 83 to be refitted with advanced electronics, radar and weapons capabilities by late 2027 by Greece’s Hellenic Aerospace Industry, in coordination with U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

Greek television broadcast live the approach of the first six jets heading towards the Tanagra airbase near Athens.

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"Welcome home," beamed a message from the Tanagra tower.

From Reuters

Lois Long, 87, an art teacher in the adult education programs of the Fairfax County Public Schools and the University of Maryland in the 1970s and 1980s, died Jan. 8 at a hospital in Fairfax County, Va. The cause was a hemorrhagic stroke, said a daughter, Tanagra Cafferky.

Like “Tanagra,” it actually seems pre-Graham, reflecting the then-popular Denishawn style in which Graham had begun her career.

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