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Tori

//ˈtoɹ.i// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.

    "The American singer Tori Amos was born in 1963."

  2. 2
    A region of Georgia, in the central part of the country, bordered by Imereti and Kartli in the north and Meskheti and Trialeti in the south.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of torus form-of, plural
  2. 2
    One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.
  3. 3
    A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog). plural, plural-only

    "While there is a hereditary component to tori, this does not explain all cases. Tori tend to appear more frequently during middle age of life; the torus palatinus is more commonly observed in females, but this is not the case with the torus mandibularis."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 取り, from 取る (toru, “take, pick up”).

Etymology 2

Shortening.

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