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Tampa city, seat (1834) of Hillsborough county, west-central Florida, U.S. It is situated on the northern shore of Tampa Bay at the mouth of the Hillsborough River and is connected to St. Petersburg and Clearwater (southwest and west) across the bay's western arm (Old Tampa Bay) by the Gandy and Howard ... Tampa Bay arm of the Gulf of Mexico, indenting the west coast of Florida, U.S., covering about 400 square miles (1,000 square km). The bay, shaped roughly like a crescent some 40 miles (65 km) long, is partly sheltered from the gulf on the west by the Pinellas Peninsula. The smaller Interbay ... Tampa Bay Buccaneers American professional gridiron football team based in Tampa, Fla., that plays in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). The Buccaneers won a Super Bowl title in 2003. Tampa Bay Lightning American professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Fla., that plays in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004. Tampa Bay Rays American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that plays in the American League (AL). The Rays began play in 1998 and were known as the Devil Rays until the end of the 2007 season. Tampere city, southwestern Finland. It is located on an isthmus traversed by the Tammer Rapids between Lakes Nasi and Pyha, northwest of Helsinki. Tampere is Finland's second largest city and both an educational and an industrial centre. It is also a lake port and major rail junction. Founded in 1779, it ... Tampico city and port, southeastern Tamaulipas estado (state), northeastern Mexico. It lies on the northern bank of the Panuco River, 6 miles (10 km) from the Gulf of Mexico. Tampico is almost surrounded by swampy lands and lagoons. Tamworth city, east-central New South Wales, southeastern Australia, on the Peel River, a tributary of the Namoi River. It was founded in 1848 in a valley (visited in 1818 by the explorer John Oxley) by a British land-development corporation and was named for Tamworth in Staffordshire, England, which was the parliamentary ... Tamworth borough (district), administrative county of Staffordshire, England, at the confluence of the Tame and Anker rivers, on the northeastern periphery of the metropolitan area centred on Birmingham. The historic centre of Tamworth and the rest of the borough north of the Anker and west of the Tame lies in the ... Tan Cheng Lock Malaysian Chinese community leader, politician, and businessman. Tan Malaka, Ibrahim Datuk (Headman) Indonesian Communist leader who competed with Sukarno for control of the Indonesian nationalist movement. Tan, Amy American author of novels about Chinese American women and the immigrant experience. Tan, Lucio Chinese-born Filipino entrepreneur who headed such companies as Fortune Tobacco Corp., Asia Brewery, Inc., and Philippine Airlines, Inc. tan-e Japanese wood-block prints hand-coloured with an orange-red tone. Tan-e were produced in the Edo period from the late 17th century through the first quarter of the 18th century by Ukiyo-e (q.v.) artists. Tan-shui coastal chen (town) in western T'ai-pei hsien (county), northern Taiwan. It is located on the northern bank of the Tan-shui River, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taipei. Tan-Tan town, southwestern Morocco. The town, about 16 miles (25 km) by road east of the Atlantic Ocean in the extreme northwestern reaches of the Sahara, is a military post and a market centre for the Regeibat and Tekna nomads who live in the area. The annual musim, a commercial and ... Tana River river, Kenya, flowing 440 miles (708 km) from its headwaters in the Aberdare Range and Mount Kenya to the Indian Ocean. Taking a northeasterly course at first, the river plunges over the Kitaru (Seven Forks) Falls (440 feet [134 m]) into a semidesert landscape that constitutes its middle course. Describing ... Tana River River, northeastern Norway. It flows 224 mi (360 km) north and northeast to empty into Tana Fjord, an inlet of the Arctic Ocean on the northeastern coast of Norway. The river forms a section of the boundary between Norway and Finland. Tana, Lake largest lake of Ethiopia, in a depression of the northwest plateau, 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) above sea level. It forms the main reservoir for the Blue Nile (Abbay) River, which drains its southern extremity near Bahir Dar. The lake's surface covers 1,418 square miles (3,673 square km), with a surrounding ... Tanabe Hajime Japanese philosopher of science who attempted to synthesize Buddhism, Christianity, Marxism, and scientific thought. He taught the philosophy of science at Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai from 1913 and later at Kyoto Imperial University, where he succeeded the foremost modern Japanese philosopher, Nishida Kitaro. tanager any of numerous songbirds of the family Thraupidae inhabiting chiefly tropical New World forests and gardens. In some classifications, Thraupidae contains over 400 species, whereas others assign fewer than 300 species to the group. All tanagers are confined to the Americas. Tanagra city of ancient Boeotia (Modern Greek: Voiotia), Greece. It is situated in northern Attica (Attiki) on the left bank of the Asopos River near Thebes (Thiva) and Chalkida (also called Chalcis). The nearly circular hill of the ancient ruined city, just southeast of the present village, was first occupied by ... Tanagra figurine any of the small terra-cotta figures dating primarily from the 3rd century BC, and named after the site in Boeotia, in east-central Greece, where they were found. Well-dressed young women in various positions, usually standing or sitting, are the main subject matter of the statuettes. On occasion the figures pull ... tanaid any of more than 550 species of small, bottom-dwelling marine and brackish-water crustaceans constituting the order Tanaidacea (superorder Peracarida, phylum Arthropoda). Tanaids have a worldwide distribution; they are especially numerous in shallow marine habitats but also occur at considerable depths in the deep sea. The body of these invertebrates is ... Tanaina a North American Indian people, the only northern Athabaskan-speaking group occupying extensive portions of the seacoast. They lived chiefly in the drainage areas of Cook Inlet and Clark Lake in what is now southern Alaska. Tanaina, meaning "the people," was their own name for themselves; they have also been called ... Tanaka Giichi, Baron (Danshaku) prime minister (1927-29) and author of Japan's aggressive policy toward China in the 1920s. Tanaka Kakuei politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974 and who subsequently became the central figure in a major political scandal. Tanaka Koichi Japanese scientist who, with John B. Fenn and Kurt Wuthrich, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002 for developing techniques to identify and analyze proteins and other large biological molecules. Tanaka Makiko Japanese politician who was the first woman to serve as the country's foreign minister (2001-02). Tanaka Odo Japanese philosopher and critic who promoted within Japan the Western philosophy of pragmatism. Tanaka Tomoyuki Japanese film producer. Tanaka was associated for nearly 60 years with Japan's Toho Studios, for which he produced more than 200 films. Of these, his best known are the 22 films in the Godzilla series, beginning with Godzilla, King of the Monsters in 1954 and ending with Godzilla vs. Destroyer ... Tanakh an acronym derived from the names of the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible: Torah (Instruction, or Law, also called the Pentateuch), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings). Tanala a Malagasy people living in southeastern Madagascar who are separated from the coast by the Antaimoro and other ethnic groups. They are divided into two subgroups: the Tanala Menabe in the mountainous north and the Tanala Ikongo dwelling in the more accessible southern part of the Tanala homeland. Tanala Menabe ... Tanana Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian group that lived along the headwaters of the Tanana River in what is now central Alaska. Traditionally, they were nomadic hunters, relying chiefly on caribou, moose, and mountain sheep for food and clothing. They lived in skin-covered domed lodges in winter and in bark or brush ... Tanana River river, east-central Alaska, U.S. Its name is an Athabascan word meaning "river trail." An important tributary of the Yukon River, it rises from two headstreams, the Chisana and Nabesna rivers on the north side of the Alaska Range, and it flows some 570 miles (915 km) from the head of ... Tanaquil legendary Etruscan prophet, the wife of Tarquinius Priscus, traditionally the fifth king of Rome. tanbark oak oaklike ornamental evergreen tree with tannin-rich bark. It is a member of the beech family (Fagaceae) and is native to coastal areas of southern Oregon and northern California. tanbur long-necked fretted lute played under various names from the Balkans to northwestern Asia. Resembling the long lutes of ancient Egypt and Babylon as well as the ancient Greek pandoura, it has a deep pear-shaped body, some 1 to 4 dozen adjustable frets, and 2 to 10 metal strings that are ... Tancred king of Sicily whose brief reign marked the end of the Norman rule there. Tancred of Hauteville regent of Antioch, one of the leaders of the First Crusade. Tancredo, Tom American politician, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999-2009) and who sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008. Tandil city, southeastern Buenos Aires provincia (province), eastern Argentina. It is situated within the Pampas at the northern end of the Tandil Mountains, about 190 miles (305 km) south of Buenos Aires city. Tandil was founded in 1823 by the colonial governor Martin Rodriguez, but after Indian attacks in 1856 the ... Tandon, Purushottam Das Indian politician who was a prominent figure in the Indian National Congress in its early years. He was an enthusiastic campaigner for the use of Hindi as India's national language. tandoori cookery an Indian method of cooking over a charcoal fire in a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven. Shaped like a large urn, a tandoor is at least one metre in height and is often sunk up to its neck in the earth. Tandoori cooking is believed to have originated in Persia ... Tandridge district, administrative and historic county of Surrey, England. It occupies southeastern Surrey and borders Greater London to the north, Kent to the east, and Sussex to the south. Tandridge lies within easy commuting distance of central London and has excellent road and rail communications with the city. Urban expansion into ... Tandy, James Napper Irish politician, ineffectual revolutionary, and popular hero memorialized in the Irish ballad "The Wearing of the Green":I met with Napper Tandy,and he took me by the hand,And he said "How's poor old Ireland,and how does she stand?" Tandy, Jessica English-born American actress of stage, screen, and television, noted for her complex portrayals and frequent collaborations with Hume Cronyn, her husband. Taney, Roger Brooke fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, remembered principally for the Dred Scott decision (1857). He was the first Roman Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court. Taneyev, Sergey Russian pianist, theorist, and composer, whose works are known for their finely wrought contrapuntal textures combined with romantic harmony. Tanezrouft region of the Sahara lying in southern Algeria and northern Mali. Covering part of a plateau eastward toward the Ahaggar (Hoggar) uplands, it slopes to lower ground in the west, and farther southward lie swamps. The region lacks water, landmarks, and vegetation. It was formerly shunned by caravans but is ... Tang reign name of the Chinese emperor who overthrew the Xia dynasty (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC) and founded the Shang, the first historical dynasty ( c. 1600-1046 BC, though the dating of the Shang-and hence also of the Tang emperor's founding of it-have long been the subject of much debate).