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Tatooine

US/ˌtætuːˈiːn/

Tatooine proper noun: a fictional desert planet in Star Wars with two suns.

Proper noun

Tatooine

  1. A fictional desert planet in Star Wars with two suns.
    • Planets that orbit two stars are called "circumbinary planets." They're also sometimes called "Tatooine planets," after the most well-known example.2016 June 14, Avery Thompson, “We've Discovered the Largest Planet to Orbit Two Suns Like Tatooine”https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a21332/tatooine-planet-discovered-orbiting-two-suns...
    • Glass surrounds the cabin to provide unrivaled views of the environment, whether it’s an earthly vista or the binary sunset over the fictional Tatooine desert.2019 September 10, Kirsten Korosec, “Audi’s off-roading electric concept would be perfect for Tatooine”https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/10/audis-off-roading-electric-concept-would-be-perfect-for-tatooin...

Examples of Tatooine in a sentence

  • Moisture farming is not just for the deserts of Tatooine — advances in fog harvesting technology may provide an additional fresh water source in foggy coastal areas with little precipitation.2019 November 26, “Moisture Farming: Harvesting Fog Can Provide Fresh Water in Desert...
  • From the ground it could almost look like two suns in the sky, creating a Tatooine effect.2023 October 30, Joe Scott, What Would Happen If The Earth Had Rings?:

Origin of Tatooine

From Tataouine, from French Tataouine, from Arabic تَطَاوِين (taṭāwīn).

Questions about Tatooine

What does Tatooine mean?
Tatooine means a fictional desert planet in Star Wars with two suns.
How do you use Tatooine in a sentence?
Moisture farming is not just for the deserts of Tatooine — advances in fog harvesting technology may provide an additional fresh water source in foggy coastal areas with little precipitation.
What part of speech is Tatooine?
Tatooine is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tatooine?
Tatooine is pronounced /ˌtætuːˈiːn/ (US).

Words near Tatooine in the dictionary

  1. Tatoms
  2. Tatong
  3. tatonnement
  4. tatonnements
  5. tatoo
  6. Tatooine
  7. tatoos
  8. tator
  9. tators
  10. tatou
  11. tatouay

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