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Definition of Tamanus
1. tamanu [n] - See also: tamanu
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamanus
Literary usage of Tamanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton, Irving Stone (1896)
"Joh. de Balduino. Leo de Aw. Petrus de Alberico. Oc- tamanus fil. Alberici.
Gregorius fil. Gregorii. ..."
2. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, & Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans, Edith R. Hall (1843)
"... and venerable grove of Aitos and tamanus.* The whole neighbourhood is * The
Tamanu (calophyllum Inophyllum,") was formerly held sacred in the South Sea ..."
3. Transactions of the American Ethnological Society by American Ethnological Society (1848)
"Each Indian has his tamanus or spirit, which is selected at a very early age,
and is generally the first object they see, in going out into the woods, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Ethnological Society by American Ethnological Society (1848)
"Each Indian has his tamanus or spirit, which is selected at a very early age,
and is generally the first object they see, in going out into the woods, ..."
5. Mystic Isles of the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien (1921)
""My ancestor, the old chief Tati," he told me, "cut down the sacred trees of our
clan marae near by, the aito», tamanus, and miros. ..."
6. The Technologist (1863)
"Raiatea contains an enormous quantity of tamanus. There are considerable quantities
on the numerous small islets which surround that island. ..."
7. Daniel Wheeler by Mary Elizabeth Beck (1895)
"... consecrated enclosures, praying-stones and venerable grove of Aitos and tamanus
trees. He adds: "After surveying this gloomy grove, once associated with ..."
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