"Taranto" meaning in Italian

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈta.ran.to/
Rhymes: -aranto Etymology: From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), which also yields Albanian dru (“wood, tree”). Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:inh|la:Tarentum}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Pre-Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qsb-grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Τάρᾱς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Tarentum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "Taranto", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="Taranto">, {{inh|it|la|Tarentum}} Latin Tarentum, {{der|it|grc|Τάρᾱς}} Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), {{der|it|xil|*darandos||oak}} Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), {{inh|it|ine-pro|*dóru|t=tree}} Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), {{cog|sq|dru|t=wood, tree}} Albanian dru (“wood, tree”) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|f}} Taranto f
  1. Taranto (a province of Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Italy, Provinces of Italy
    Sense id: en-Taranto-it-name-O7joAxih Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 35 11 10 35
  2. Taranto (a city in Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Cities in Italy, Places in Italy
    Sense id: en-Taranto-it-name-C6qhNa6Y
  3. the letter T in the Italian spelling alphabet Tags: feminine Synonyms: Torino
    Sense id: en-Taranto-it-name-ZHzrJJgl Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian proper nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 35 11 10 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 36 10 8 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 26 7 6 56 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 31 10 8 42 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 6 5 89 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 89 Disambiguation of Italian proper nouns with irregular gender: 17 15 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tarantino, Tarantino Related terms: taranta, tarantella, tarantismo, tarantola
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