taverna

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

/ təˈvɜr nə, -ˈvɛər-; Greek tɑˈvɛr nɑ /

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noun

a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.

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Origin of taverna

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

Words nearby taverna

tautosyllabic, tav, Tavel, Tavener, tavern, taverna, taverner, tavern nuts, tavern table, TAVR, taw

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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

Word Origin for taverna

C20: Modern Greek, from Latin taberna

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