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Tanis

American  
[tey-nis] / ˈteɪ nɪs /

noun

  1. an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.


Tanis British  
/ ˈteɪnɪs /

noun

  1. Biblical name: Zoan.  an ancient city located in the E part of the Nile delta: abandoned after the 6th century ad ; at one time the capital of Egypt

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The finding comes from Tanis, a site in North Dakota leased by DePalma that preserves a trove of fossils evidently deposited on the day of the catastrophe 66 million years ago.

From Science Magazine Dec. 12, 2023

National Public Radio’s Fatma Tanis did, in fact, report on this from a Yemeni hospital in August:

From Salon Oct. 13, 2023

Lulu, the inside-outside restaurant by Alice Waters and David Tanis that opened there in 2021 is also a draw; the actor Frances McDormand was spotted eating lunch there one a recent afternoon.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2023

A spokesperson with the Aleutians East Borough, Laura Tanis, said Haaland spoke Tuesday with borough, tribal, city and village corporation officials.

From Seattle Times Mar. 14, 2023

He had been a regular guest in her parents’ home when she was a child, for he was close in age to her brothers Taeko and Tanis.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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