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Tanagra

Tanagra |ˈtanəgrə | an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, site of a battle in 457 bc during the Peloponnesian War. It has given its name to a type of terracotta figurine, often of a young woman, made there and elsewhere mainly in the 4th and 3rd centuries bc .

 

Oxford Dictionary

Tanagra

Tanagra |ˈtanəgrə | an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, site of a battle in 457 bc during the Peloponnesian War. It has given its name to a type of terracotta figurine, often of a young woman, made there and elsewhere mainly in the 4th and 3rd centuries bc .

 

Duden Dictionary

Tanagra

Ta na g ra , Ta na gra Eigenname |T a nagra |altgriechische Stadt

 

Tanagrafigur

Ta na g ra fi gur , Ta na g ra-Fi gur Ta na gra fi gur Substantiv, feminin , die Tanagra-Figur |T a nagrafigur T a nagra-Figur |die Tanagrafigur; Genitiv: der Tanagrafigur, Plural: die Tanagrafiguren die Tanagra-Figur; Genitiv: der Tanagra-Figur, Plural: die Tanagra-Figuren nach dem Fundort, der altgriechischen Stadt Tanagra meist weibliche bemalte Tonfigur

 

French Dictionary

tanagra

tanagra n. m. ou f. nom masculin ou féminin 1 Jeune fille gracieuse. : De merveilleuses tanagras. 2 Statuette grecque. : De jolis tanagras, de délicates tanagras.

 

Spanish Dictionary

tanagra

tanagra nombre femenino 1 Estatuita de arcilla cocida semejante a las halladas en Tanagra, antigua ciudad griega .2 Pájaro cantor de 10 a 35 cm de longitud (según las especies ), pico corto y cónico, y plumaje llamativo que combina colores vivos y variados; hay varias especies, todas propias de América :la tanagra escarlata tiene un bello plumaje .SINÓNIMO tángara .