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taberna

taberna noun: a type of shop or stall in Ancient Rome.

Noun (1)

taberna (plural tabernas)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) A type of shop or stall in Ancient Rome.

Noun (2)

taberna (plural tabernas)

  1. A tavern in Spain.
    • When King Philip II made Madrid his capital in 1561, the taberna was already well established. The city's streets teemed with people—from lowlife and riffraff to cloaked royalty and aristocrats seeking anonymity in the crowds—and in the finest democratic tradition, all took part in the life of the...1994 April 3, Penelope Casas, “Madrid's Timeless Taverns”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Proper noun capitalized: Taberna

Taberna

  1. A barangay of Bauang, La Union, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Cawayan, Masbate, Philippines.

Forms of taberna

pluraltabernas

Origin of taberna

From Latin taberna. Doublet of tavern and taverna.

From Spanish taberna, from Latin taberna. Doublet of tavern and taverna.

Questions about taberna

What does taberna mean?
Taberna means a type of shop or stall in Ancient Rome.
What part of speech is taberna?
Taberna can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of taberna?
The plural of taberna is tabernas.

Words near taberna in the dictionary

  1. taberdars
  2. taberds
  3. tabered
  4. tabering
  5. Taberlongan
  6. taberna
  7. tabernacle
  8. tabernacle work
  9. tabernacled
  10. tabernacler
  11. tabernaclers

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