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Tarn , department (1990 pop. 343,400), S France, in Languedoc. Albi is the capital.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

tarn / tärn/ • n. a small mountain lake.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

tarn small mountain lake. XIV. ME. terne, tarne — ON. *tarnu (tjǫrn, Sw. dial. t(j)ärn, Norw. tjörn).

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