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taverna¹

  • /təˈvɜː(ɹ)nə/
  • /təˈvɛə(ɹ)nə/

Where it comes from

From Greek ταβέρνα (tavérna), from Latin taberna. Doublet of taberna and tavern.

noun tavernas

  1. A small Greek restaurant. The streets of Palizzi, through which no Englishman perhaps had as yet descended, were swarming with perfectly naked, berry-brown children, and before I reached the taverna I could hardly make my way through the gathering crowd of astonished mahogany Cupids. The taverna was but a single dark room, [

Taverna²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Taverna.

proper noun Tavernas

  1. A surname from Italian.

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noun small Greek restaurant

DeutschTaverne

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"taverna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taverna. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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taverna. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taverna

Chicago

"taverna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taverna.

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@misc{taverna_2026,
  title = {taverna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taverna},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}