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Where does “Tana” come from?

Tana (French) comes from French Tananarive, from Malagasy Antananarivo, from Malagasy tanana, from Proto-Malayic taŋan.

Ancestry of “Tana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchTananarive—
2MalagasyAntananarivo—
3Malagasytanana—
4Proto-Malayictaŋan—
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