Tarn Definition

tärn
tarns
noun
A small lake, esp. one that fills a cirque.
Webster's New World
pronoun

One of the départements of Midi-Pyrénées, France (INSEE code 81)

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Other Word Forms of Tarn

Noun

Singular:
tarn
Plural:
tarns

Origin of Tarn

  • From Old Norse tjÇ«rn (“a small mountain lake without tributaries"). Cognate with Norwegian tjern (“small forest or mountain lake")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English tarne of Scandinavian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tarn Sentence Examples

  • The waters of the northwestern slope of the southern Cevennes drain into the Tarn either directly or by way of the Aveyron, which rises in the outlying chain of the Levezou, and, in the extreme south, the Agout.

  • It is unusual in having a tarn adjacent to the trig pillar.

  • After holding a subordinate office (1876) in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn (1882) and the Haute-Garonne (1885), and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior.

  • Jaures was again elected for the Tarn.

  • Its chief rivers are the Lot in the north, the Aveyron in the centre and the Tarn in the south, all tributaries of the Garonne.

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Words Starting With

TTATAR

Words Ending With

NRNARN

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tarn

Words Starting With T and Ending With N

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With T4 Letter Words Ending With N