taverna

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

noun

1. a small, unpretentious caf é or restaurant in Greece.

taverna

/ təˈvɜːnə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of taverna¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of taverna¹

C20: Modern Greek, from Latin taberna

Example Sentences

The frightful desert of the Taverna was not forgotten, nor the old Genoese castle, the office of the steamship agency.

From Project Gutenberg

La taverna de maisons de pleisirs es fontana de pecca e schola del diavolo, &c.

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Aretino resembles his own bardassonacci, paggi da taverna, flaunting meretricious charms with brazen impudence.

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