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taverna

/təˈvɜː(ɹ)nə/

taverna noun: a small Greek restaurant.

Noun

taverna (plural tavernas)

  1. A small Greek restaurant.
    • The streets of Palizzi, through which no Englishman perhaps had as yet descended, were swarming with perfectly naked, berry-brown children, and before I reached the taverna I could hardly make my way through the gathering crowd of astonished mahogany Cupids. The taverna was but a single dark room...1852, Edward Lear, Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, &c., London: Richard Bentley, […], pages 46–47
    • In the tavernas of Loutro I had the best octopus I’ve ever eaten, grilled simply with garlic, olive oil and sage over a charcoal fire.2007 November 18, Henry Shukman, “In Rustic Tavernas, a Classic Cuisine Gets Its Due”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Proper noun capitalized: Taverna

Taverna (plural Tavernas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Forms of taverna

Noun
pluraltavernas
Proper noun
pluralTavernas

Origin of taverna

From Greek ταβέρνα (tavérna), from Latin taberna. Doublet of taberna and tavern.

Borrowed from Italian Taverna.

Questions about taverna

What does taverna mean?
Taverna means a small Greek restaurant.
What part of speech is taverna?
Taverna can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce taverna?
Taverna is pronounced /təˈvɜː(ɹ)nə/.
What is the plural of taverna?
The plural of taverna is tavernas.

Words near taverna in the dictionary

  1. tavern sandwiches
  2. tavern stand
  3. tavern stands
  4. tavern-cut
  5. tavern-style
  6. taverna
  7. tavernas
  8. taverne
  9. taverner
  10. taverners
  11. tavernesque

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