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• Tainan

  noun, Wade-Giles, Pinyin. 1. a city in SW Taiwan. noun 1. a city in the SW Taiwan: an early centre of Chinese emigration from the mainland; formerly the largest city and capital of the island (1638–1885); Chengkung University. Pop: 754 000 (2005 est)

• Taine

  noun 1. Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian. noun 1. Hippolyte Adolphe (ipɔlit adɔlf). 1828–93, French literary critic and historian. He applied determinist criteria to the study of literature, art, history, and psychology, regarding them as products of environment and race. His works include Histoire de […]

• Taino

  noun, plural Tainos (especially collectively) Taino for 1. 1. a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies. 2. the language of the Taino. noun 1. (pl) -nos, -no. a member of an American Indian people of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas 2. the language of this people, belonging to the […]

• Taint

  noun 1. a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful. 2. a trace of infection, contamination, or the like. 3. a trace of dishonor or discredit. 4. Obsolete. color; tint. verb (used with object) 5. to modify by or as if by a trace of something offensive or deleterious. 6. to infect, contaminate, corrupt, or […]

• Taintless

  adjective 1. free from or without taint; pure; innocent.

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