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Definition of tanagra in English English dictionary
- A city in southeastern Viotia prefecture Greece
- Ancient town, Boeotia, eastern central Greece. First occupied by an Athenian clan, it became the chief town of the eastern Boeotians, with lands extending to the Gulf of Euboea. It was the scene of the Athenian defeat by the Spartans in 457 BC during the first Peloponnesian War. Finely modeled terra-cotta statuettes, known as Tanagra figures, were made there 340-150 BC and exported to Mediterranean countries
- Tanagra figure
- Any of the small terra-cotta figures dating primarily from the 3rd century BC and named after the site in Boeotia, Greece, where they were found. The statuettes, mostly of well-dressed young women standing or sitting, were all formed from molds and originally were covered with a white coating and then painted. On their discovery in the 19th century, they became enormously popular and were extensively and expertly forged
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Spanish - English
Definition of tanagra in Spanish English dictionary
- tanager
German - English
Definition of tanagra in German English dictionary
- Nordinsel-Piopio (Turnagra tanagra)
- Turnagra tanagra
- Nordinsel-Piopio (Turnagra tanagra)
- North Island Piopio
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Definition of tanagra in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- Pişmiş topraktan parlak renkli ve zarif biçimli, eski Yunan heykelciği
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