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The Arab. word is "Taur" (Thaur, Saur); in old Persian "Tore" and Lat.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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In what is a dramatic reversal of official position Timor Hau Nia Doben reports that the President of the National Parliament agrees with recent statements by General Taur Matan Ruak that Portuguese language should be removed from Timor-Leste.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: The land was freed, but who owns it? 2009
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“Taur” (Thaur, Saur); in old Persian “Tore” and Lat.
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“Mountain Eretówa,” or “Ertówa” (p. 404), is probably a corruption of El – Taur (El – Hismá), the
The Land of Midian 2003
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And further research convinces me that such vocables as the Arabic Taur [Arabic] the
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Ah! the gold and the red and the sighing of leaves in the Autumn in Taur-na-neldor!
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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Some differed in meaning: as Mount Doom for Orodruin ‘burning mountain’, or Mirkwood for Taur e-Ndaedelos ‘forest of the great fear’.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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Glasogmas, the two sons of Crund; Drucht and Delt and Dathen; Tea and Tascra and Tualang; Taur and Glese.
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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It still exists, and is called the church of the Taur (the bull).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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According to Major Smith, the gigantic or Taur-elephant Arnee, appears to be rare; found only single, or in small families, in the upper eastern provinces and forests at the foot of the Himalaya.
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