Tarentum

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of Taranto: a city in Italy. historical

Etymology

From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Doublet of Taras and Taranto.

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