Tamar

//ˈteɪmə(ɹ)// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A daughter-in-law of Judah.
  2. 2
    A river in Devon and Cornwall, England, which forms the border between the two counties.
  3. 3
    A daughter of David.
  4. 4
    A river in the Australian state of Tasmania, named after the English river.
  5. 5
    A daughter of Absalom.
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  1. 6
    Administrative centre of Hong Kong.
  2. 7
    A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

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"All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem. Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew תָּמָר (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”).

Etymology 2

From Latin Tamarus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”). See more at Thames.

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West Tamar

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