Tanna

See also: tanna

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Tanna f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – cicadas of Asia.
  2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders, renamed in 2006 to Araneotanna.

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Proper noun

Tanna

  1. An island in the province of Tafea, Vanuatu.
    • 2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 78:
      The next mission station for us to visit was on Paama Island, where Alison Todd, an Australian nursing sister, was stationed. Alison is tall and very definite in her manner. She had worked on the island of Tanna and also at PMH before going to Paama.

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