tass

Definitions


[tas], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cup or small goblet


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Origin:
late 15th century: from Old French tasse ‘cup’, via Arabic from Persian tašt ‘bowl’


[tas], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the official news agency of the former Soviet Union, renamed ITAR-Tass in 1992


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Origin:
Russian acronym, from Telegrafnoe agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza ‘Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union’




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