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tamale: in Mexican cuisine, small steamed cake of dough made from corn (maize). In the preparation of tamales, masa harina, fine-ground corn treated with unslaked lime, is made into a thick paste. For each tamale the masa dough is spread on ...
Taman languages: group of languages that form part of the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Tama and Sungor (or Erenga) are spoken on either side of the border between Chad and The Sudan, and Mararit is spoken in Chad.
Tamang: people of Nepal living in the mountains northwest, north, and east of the Kathmandu Valley. Their numbers were estimated to be about 690,000 in the late 20th century. The Tamang speak a language of the Tibeto-Burman family. They are Buddhist ...
Tamanghasset: town, southern Algeria. Located in the mountainous Ahaggar (Hoggar) region on the Wadi Tamanghasset, the town originated as a military outpost, guarding trans-Saharan trade routes. It has become an important way station on the north-south asphalt road called the Trans-Sahara ...
Tamano: city, Okayama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on a channel of the Inland Sea, opposite Takamatsu, on Shikoku. The city is composed of the former towns of Tama, Hibi, and the port of Uno. Tamano was a small fishing village during ...
Tamaqua: borough (town), Schuylkill county, east-central Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Little Schuylkill River. The area was settled in 1799, and its name derives from the Iroquois Indian word for "land of the beaver." After the opening of the horse-drawn Little Schuylkill ...
Tamar, River: river in southwestern England, rising within 4 miles (6 km) of the Bristol Channel and flowing south to the English Channel by Plymouth Sound. For most of its length of 61 miles (98 km), it forms the historic boundary between ...
Tamar, River: tidal estuary in northern Tasmania, Australia, formed by the confluence of the North and South Esk rivers. It extends 40 miles (65 km) northwest to enter Bass Strait at Port Dalrymple, the mouth of the estuary. The latter was named ...
tamarau: (species Anoa mindorensis), small species of buffalo (q.v.).
Tamaricales: the tamarisk order of dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising three families (Tamaricaceae, Frankeniaceae, and Fouquieriaceae) of trees, shrubs, and herbs usually found in temperate and subtropical steppes, deserts, and salt deserts and along the margins of salt lakes and seacoasts.
tamarin: any marmoset species belonging to the genus Saguinus or Leontopithecus.
tamarind: (species Tamarindus indica), evergreen tree, of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to tropical Africa. It is widely cultivated in other regions as an ornamental and for its edible fruit. The tree grows to about 24 m (80 feet) tall and ...
tamarisk: (genus Tamarix), any of 54 species of shrubs and low trees (family Tamaricaceae) that, with false tamarisks (Myricaria, 10 species), grow in salt deserts, by seashores, in mountainous areas, and in other semiarid localities from the Mediterranean region to central ...
tamasha: erotic form of Indian folk drama begun in the early 18th century in Maharashtra. In all other forms of Indian folk theatre, men are cast in the major roles. The leading female role in tamasha, however, is played by a ...
Tamaulipas: estado ("state"), northeastern Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is bounded by the United States (north), the Gulf of Mexico (east), Veracruz and San Luis Potosi (south), and San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon (west). The central and southern ...
tamaya: in the Shinto religion of Japan, a memorial altar dedicated to the spirits of deceased ancestors. The tamaya is not found in all homes observing Shinto because Buddhist practices dominate Japanese funerary rites. But in priestly or strict Shinto households, ...
Tamayo y Baus, Manuel: Spanish dramatist who, with Adelardo Lopez de Ayala y Herrera, dominated the Spanish stage in the mid-19th century. He was a key figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism in Spanish literature.
Tamayo, Rufino: Mexican painter who combined modern European painting styles with Mexican folk themes.
Tambacounda: town, southeastern Senegal. It is situated about 250 miles (400 km) east-southeast of Dakar, the national capital. The town is in a tall-grass and acacia savanna area known for its varied agricultural potential. Crops grown include millet, sorghum, cotton, corn ...
Tambo, Oliver: president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) from 1969. He spent more than 30 years in exile (1960-90).
Tambora, Mount: dormant volcanic mountain on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia. Now 9,354 feet (2,851 m) high, it erupted violently in 1815, when it lost much of its top and caused the death of 50,000 islanders and destroyed the homes ...
tambour: embroidery worked on material that has been stretched taut on a tambour frame, which consists of two wooden hoops, one slightly larger than the other, fitting close together. The embroidery is worked with a needle or a tambour hook. When ...
tamboura: long-necked fretless Indian lute. It has a hollow neck, measures about 40-60 inches (102-153 cm) in length, and usually has four metal strings tuned (relative pitch) c-c'-c'-g or c-c'-c'-f. Precision tuning is achieved by inserting bits of wool or silk ...
tambourine: small frame drum (one whose shell is too narrow to resonate the sound) having one or two skins nailed or glued to a shallow circular or polygonal frame. The tambourine is normally played with the bare hands and often has ...
Tambov: oblast (province), western Russia. It occupies an area of 13,250 square miles (34,300 square km) on the low, level plain of the Oka and Don rivers. The natural vegetation is forest-steppe on rich soils, but much of it has been ...
Tambov: city and administrative centre of Tambov oblast (province), western Russia. It lies along the upper Tsna River. Founded in 1636 as a fortress on the Belgorod defensive line, in 1779 it became the centre of a province. Growth came slowly, ...
Tamburini, Antonio: Italian operatic baritone, particularly noted for his starring roles in the works of Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini.
Tameside: metropolitan borough in the eastern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. The parts of the borough west of the River Tame, such as Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, and Denton, are in the historic county of Lancashire, while those to ...
Tami style: type of Oceanic carving originating on the Tami Islands, in Papua New Guinea. The style spread to the coastal areas along the Huon Gulf, to the islands of Umboi and Siassi, and to western New Britain.
Tamiahua Lagoon: long coastal lagoon in Veracruz estado ("state"), eastern Mexico. An inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, it extends approximately 65 miles (105 km) southward from Tampico. A long, narrow, sandy peninsula from which Cape Rojo projects eastward shelters the 12-mile- ...
Tamil: people originally of southern India and speaking Tamil, one of the principal languages of the Dravidian family. Numbering about 57,000,000 in the late 20th century (including about 3,200,000 speakers in northern and eastern Sri Lanka), Tamil speakers make up the ...
Tamil language: language of the Dravidian family, spoken in southern India; it is the official language of the state of Tamil Nadu (Madras). Other Tamil speakers live in Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, eastern Africa, South Africa, Guyana, and islands ...
Tamil literature: body of writings in Tamil, a Dravidian language of India and Sri Lanka. Apart from literature written in classical (Indo-Aryan) Sanskrit, Tamil is the oldest literature in India. Some inscriptions on stone have been dated to the 3rd century BC, ...
Tamil Nadu: state of India. It is located in the extreme south of the subcontinent. The state has an area of 50,215 square miles (130,057 square kilometres). It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the east and south and by the ...
Tamil Tigers: guerrilla organization that seeks to establish an independent Tamil state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
Tamilnad Plains: eastern coastal lowlands of Tamil Nadu state, southern India. Bounded by the Bay of Bengal on the east, the Indian Ocean on the south, the Eastern Ghats on the west, and the Andhra Plains on the north, the Tamilnad Plains ...
Tamilnad Uplands: hilly region in central Tamil Nadu state, southern India, extending over an area of about 15,200 sq mi (38,000 sq km) and bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the west, the Sahyadris (Western Ghats) on the south, the Tamilnad Plain ...
Taming of the Shrew, The: comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written sometime in 1590-94 and first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The play describes the volatile courtship between the shrewish Katharina (Kate) and the canny Petruchio, who is determined to subdue ...
Tamiris, Helen: American choreographer, modern dancer, and teacher, one of the first to make use of jazz, Negro spirituals, and social-protest themes in her work.
Tamluk: city, West Bengal state, northeastern India, just south of the Rupnarayan River. Archaeological excavations have revealed a sequence of occupation going back to a period in which stone axes and crude pottery were in use, with continuous settlement from about ...
Tamm, Igor Yevgenyevich: Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physics with Pavel A. Cherenkov and Ilya M. Frank for his efforts in explaining Cherenkov radiation.
Tammann, Gustav: Russian chemist who helped to found the science of metallurgy and pioneered in the study of the internal structure and physical properties of metals and their alloys. In addition, his studies on heterogenous equilibria (i.e., the behaviour of matter as ...
Tammany Hall: the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City historically exercising political control through the typical boss-ist blend of charity and patronage. The name was derived from a pre-Revolutionary association named after Tammanend, a wise and benevolent Delaware ...
Tammuz: in Mesopotamian religion, god of fertility embodying the powers for new life in nature in the spring. The name Tammuz seems to have been derived from the Akkadian form Tammuzi, based on early Sumerian Damu-zid, The Flawless Young. The later ...
Tammuz, Fast of: a minor Jewish observance (on Tammuz 17) that inaugurates three weeks of mourning (see Three Weeks) that culminate in the 24-hour fast of Tisha be-Av. Though probably an adaptation of some pagan festival, the Jewish people have associated the fast ...
Tampa: city, seat (1834) of Hillsborough county, west-central Florida, U.S. It is situated on the northern shore of Tampa Bay at the mouth of the Hillsborough River and is connected to St. Petersburg and Clearwater (southwest and west) across the bay's ...
Tampa Bay: arm of the Gulf of Mexico, indenting the west coast of Florida, U.S., covering about 400 square miles (1,000 square km). The bay, shaped roughly like a crescent some 40 miles (65 km) long, is partly sheltered from the gulf ...
Tampere: city, Hameen laani (province), southwestern Finland, on an isthmus traversed by the Tammer Rapids between Lakes Nasi and Pyha, northwest of Helsinki. Founded in 1779, it remained undeveloped until 1821, when Tsar Alexander I of Russia encouraged its growth by ...
Tampico: city and port, southeastern Tamaulipas estado ("state"), northeastern Mexico. It lies on the northern bank of the Panuco River, 6 miles (10 km) from the Gulf of Mexico. Tampico is almost surrounded by swampy lands and lagoons.
Tamworth: borough (district), administrative county of Staffordshire, England, at the confluence of the Tame and Anker rivers, on the northeastern periphery of the metropolitan area centred on Birmingham. The historic centre of Tamworth and the rest of the borough north of ...
Tamworth: city, east-central New South Wales, southeastern Australia, on the Peel River, a tributary of the Namoi River. It was founded in 1848 in a valley (visited in 1818 by the explorer John Oxley) by a British land-development corporation and was ...