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Tete

[ tey-tey ]

/ ˈteɪ teɪ /

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noun

a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for tete

The carriage of goods up the river to Tete adds about 10 per cent.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
The exhibition was more amusing than politic, and Tete Rouge was directed to finish what he had to say as soon as possible.
The Oregon Trail|Francis Parkman, Jr.
The pair dined en tete a tete, discussing general matters till the servants left them to their wine.
My Novel, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There was no calico to be had at this time in Tete, but the commandant handsomely furnished my men with clothing.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone

The whole country lying north and northwest of Tete is hilly.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam

Word Origin and History for tete

tete

n.

as a type of women's tall dressed hair or wig, 1756, from French tête "head" (see tete-a-tete).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper