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Tauri

Tauri noun: an ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains.

Noun

Tauri pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) An ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains.
    • Who these Tauri were is a question of some difficulty. Strabo calls them a Scythian people, but Herodotus clearly distinguishes the Tauri from the Scythians, as being a different nation.1850, Charles Anthon, “Chersonēsus Taurica”, in A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges, page 238
    Synonyms:
    Taurians

Tauri meaning in Marathi

Tauri in Marathi

an ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains
ताउरी tāurī

Synonyms of Tauri

Origin of Tauri

From Latin Taurī, from Ancient Greek Ταῦροι (Taûroi).

Words formed from Tauri

Phrases with Tauri

Questions about Tauri

What does Tauri mean?
Tauri means an ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains.
What is Tauri in Marathi?
Tauri in Marathi is ताउरी (tāurī). See Tauri meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Tauri?
Tauri is a noun.

Words near Tauri in the dictionary

  1. taurate
  2. taurates
  3. Taurean
  4. Taureans
  5. Tauremini
  6. Tauri
  7. Taurian
  8. Taurians
  9. tauric
  10. tauric acid
  11. Tauric Chersonese

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