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Tavy

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Devon, England.
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Octavia.

    "'Octavia? What the hell are you doing here?' 'Working,' said Tavy. 'I lost my job so Jago offered me another.'"

  3. 3
    Tavistock
Noun
  1. 1
    Swidden uncountable
  2. 2
    A slash and burn agricultural technique used in Madagascar. uncountable

Etymology

Of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *tam-, meaning either "dark" or "to flow." See Thames and its listed cognates.

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