taverna

[ tuh-vur-nuh, -vair-; Greek tah-ver-nah ]

noun

a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.

Origin of taverna

1945–50; <Modern Greek tabérna (pronunciation taverna), Medieval Greek, Late Greek < L. See tavern

Words Nearby taverna

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How to use taverna in a sentence

The frightful desert of the taverna was not forgotten, nor the old Genoese castle, the office of the steamship agency.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
La taverna de maisons de pleisirs es fontana de pecca e schola del diavolo, &c.
No Cross, No Crown | William Penn
Aretino resembles his own bardassonacci, paggi da taverna, flaunting meretricious charms with brazen impudence.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for taverna

taverna

/ (təˈvɜːnə) /

noun

(in Greece) a guesthouse that has its own bar
a Greek restaurant

Origin of taverna

C20: Modern Greek, from Latin taberna

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