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Tall Blacks

Tall Blacks proper noun: the men's national basketball representative team of New Zealand.

Proper noun

Tall Blacks

  1. the men's national basketball representative team of New Zealand

Origin of Tall Blacks

Derived from All Blacks, the nickname of the New Zealand national rugby union team, with "All" replaced by "Tall" in reference to the often well-above-average height of basketball players.

Questions about Tall Blacks

What does Tall Blacks mean?
Tall Blacks means the men's national basketball representative team of New Zealand.
What part of speech is Tall Blacks?
Tall Blacks is a proper noun.

Words near Tall Blacks in the dictionary

  1. talkwriter
  2. talkwriters
  3. talky
  4. talky-talky
  5. tall
  6. Tall Blacks
  7. tall bluestem
  8. tall bluestems
  9. tall drink
  10. tall drink of water
  11. tall drinks

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