Tan

  • 81Tan Gu — Gu Tan (chin. 顧譚 / 顾谭, Gù Tán) war ein Beamter der Wu Dynastie zur Zeit der Drei Reiche im alten China. Sein Vater Gu Shao, der Sohn des Gu Yong, heiratete eine Tochter Sun Ces. Als Jüngling trat Gu Tan in die Dienste des Kronprinzen Sun Deng.… …

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  • 82tan' — I Rasta Dictionary to stand; usually used in the sense of to be . A so im tan , that is what he is like tan deh! or yu tan deh! means just you wait! . Tan tedy , stand steady, means hold still . II Gullah Words stand, stands, stood, standing …

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  • 83tan — I n. to get a tan II v. (intr.) to tan easily, readily * * * [tæn] readily (intr.) to tan easily to get a tan …

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  • 84tan — I. /tæn / (say tan) verb (tanned, tanning) –verb (t) 1. to convert (a hide) into a leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from bark, as wattle, etc., or synthetically. 2. to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of …

  • 85Tan — Lè. Yon kantite lè, jou, mwa, ane e latriye ki pase. Yon epòk ki pase. Eta tanperati ye. Tan Lontan, Yon kantite tan ki te pase, men gen anpil tan depi tan sa a te pase …

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  • 86Tan An — Original name in latin Tn An Name in other language Tan, Tan Am, Tan An, Tn An, Тан State code VN Continent/City Asia/Ho Chi Minh longitude 10.53333 latitude 106.41667 altitude 4 Population 64801 Date 2012 01 16 …

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  • 87tan — [OE] Tan was borrowed into late Old English from the medieval Latin verb tannāre. This was derived from tannum ‘oak bark’ (oak bark is used in tanning leather), which itself was probably a loan word from Gaulish tanno ‘oak’. The French noun tan… …

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  • 88tan — 1. adjective a tan waistcoat Syn: yellowish brown, light brown, pale brown, beige, tawny 2. verb 1) use a sunscreen to help you tan Syn: become suntanned, get a suntan, brown, go/get/become brown, bronze 2) informal …

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  • 89tan — [tæn] noun I 1) [C] a suntan 2) [U] a light brown colour II verb [I/T] tan [tæn] if you tan, or if the sun tans your skin, the sun makes your skin darker than it was before III adj tan [tæn] light brown in colour …

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  • 90tan —    1. a traditional Chinese weight unit, now spelled dan in English transliteration. During the European colonial era the tan was equal to 100 cattya or 1600 taels. This is equivalent to 133.333 pounds, making the tan comparable to the European… …

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