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Tanjore

Tanjore proper noun: former name of Thanjavur (“an Indian city”).

Proper noun

Tanjore

  1. Former name of Thanjavur (“an Indian city”).

Tanjore meaning in Tamil

Tanjore in Tamil

தஞ்சாவூர், அளகை, அளகாபுரி

Origin of Tanjore

Borrowed from Tamil தஞ்சாவூர் (tañcāvūr).

Questions about Tanjore

What does Tanjore mean?
Tanjore means former name of Thanjavur (“an Indian city”).
What is Tanjore in Tamil?
Tanjore in Tamil is தஞ்சாவூர், அளகை, அளகாபுரி. See Tanjore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Tanjore?
Tanjore is a proper noun.

Words near Tanjore in the dictionary

  1. Tanjil South
  2. tanjong
  3. Tanjong Katong
  4. Tanjong Malim
  5. tanjongs
  6. Tanjore
  7. tanjung
  8. Tanjung Aru
  9. Tanjung Priok
  10. Tanjung Rambutan
  11. Tanjung Selor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tanjore (page history and authors); tanjore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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