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tarn

1 American  
[tahrn] / tɑrn /

noun

  1. a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.

Tarn 2 American  
[tarn] / tarn /

noun

  1. a department in S France. 2,232 sq. mi. (5,780 sq. km). Albi.

tarn 1 British  
/ tɑːn /

noun

  1. a small mountain lake or pool

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Tarn 2 British  
/ tarn /

noun

  1. a department of S France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Albi. Pop: 350 477 (2003 est). Area: 5780 sq km (2254 sq miles)

  2. a river in SW France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing generally west to the Garonne River. Length: 375 km (233 miles)

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tarn Scientific  
/ tärn /

  1. A small mountain lake, especially one formed as a glacier melts, filling a cirque with water.

Etymology

Origin of tarn

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English terne, tarne, from Old Norse tjǫrn “pond, pool.” Tarn was originally restricted to northern English dialects (where the Danes settled) or in written works about northern England. Tarn entered mainstream English in the works of the Lake Poets ( def. )

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