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Tanta

[ tahn-tah ]

noun

  1. a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.


Tanta

/ ˈtæntə /

noun

  1. a city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: noted for its Muslim festivals. Pop: 413 000 (2005 est)
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Example Sentences

El Gran Combo, “No Hay Cama Pa’ Tanta Gente” In what translates to “There are not enough beds for this many people,” this comical salsa jam echoes the trepidation of many Latino kids when their parents host family ragers on Nochebuena: “Who are all these people, and where are they gonna sleep tonight?”

A los directores les quedaba poco más de tres meses para seleccionar y hacerles arreglos a dos canciones, enseñar a los alumnos sus partes y ensayar y pulir sus espectáculos con tanta intensidad que los jóvenes músicos pudieran hacerlo con los ojos cerrados.

A los directores les quedaba poco más de tres meses para seleccionar y hacerles arreglos a dos canciones, enseñar a los alumnos sus partes y ensayar y pulir sus espectáculos con tanta intensidad que los jóvenes músicos pudieran hacerlo con los ojos cerrados.

Mr. Qaradawi was enrolled in a religious school in Tanta, about 60 miles northwest of Cairo, to prepare for Cairo’s al-Azhar University, regarded as the center of Sunni Muslim scholarship.

In Tanta, Mr. Qaradawi’s first encountered the ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was fast becoming a political force in Egypt between the world wars.

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