Tamara

//təˈmɑɹə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.

    "Best Version Media shared a statement about the death of Tamara Durand, the wife of the executive chairman and founder, Dave Durand."

Noun
  1. 1
    A condiment popular in Italy, made of powdered cinnamon, cloves, coriander, etc. archaic, uncountable

Etymology

Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”).

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