Tanis

American  

[tey-nis] / ˈteɪ nɪs /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

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

The customizable approach here came about by way of messing around with a New York Times recipe for Butter-Braised Asparagus by David Tanis — his involves chives, parsley or chervil, tarragon and optional dill.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

During visited Tanis in 2017, when she was a master’s student at the Free University of Amsterdam.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 6, 2022

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