Tanis

American

[tey-nis] / ˈteɪ nɪs /

noun

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

Tanis British

/ ˈteɪnɪs /

noun

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

"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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

While Tanis is 2,000 miles from the Chicxulub impact, seismic waves created a deposit of minerals known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

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

From Salon • Oct. 13, 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

DePalma holds the lease to the Tanis site, which sits on private land, and controls access to it.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 6, 2022

Kaede was between the prince and her middle brother, Tanis, who had recently returned from the South and only wished to discuss politics with the prince.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023