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Tenna

Tenna proper noun: a river in Marche.

Proper noun

Tenna

  1. A river in Marche.

Origin of Tenna

Borrowed from Italian Tenna, from Latin Tinna, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *th₂i-n-, from an extension of *teh₂- (“to dissolve, melt”), via an unknown source language, perhaps Italic; compare Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Teign.

Questions about Tenna

What does Tenna mean?
Tenna means a river in Marche.
What part of speech is Tenna?
Tenna is a proper noun.

Words near Tenna in the dictionary

  1. tenmantales
  2. tenmoku
  3. tenmokus
  4. Tenn-Tom
  5. Tenn.
  6. Tenna
  7. Tennant
  8. tennantite
  9. tennantites
  10. Tennants
  11. tennaunt

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