Tal

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. 2
    A surname from Hebrew.

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"Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vassili Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spasski, Viktor Korchnoi, Anatoli Karpov and Gari Kasparov are extraordinary and very famous chess players, all of them from Russia."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew טל (tal, “dew”).

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