taverna
[ tuh-vur-nuh, -vair-; Greek tah-ver-nah ]
noun
a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.
Origin of taverna
1Words 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 DaudetLa taverna de maisons de pleisirs es fontana de pecca e schola del diavolo, &c.
No Cross, No Crown | William PennAretino 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
1C20: Modern Greek, from Latin taberna
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