Meaning of Talavera | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A city in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, known for its pottery; in full, Talavera de la Reina.
2. An 1809 battle during the Peninsula War fought outside the city.
3. A kind of Spanish and Mexican majolica pottery with a milky-white glaze.
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Examples

“[He] had been a conspicuous figure⟳ at Talavera, and had contributed not a little to the peculiar terror with which his regiment of infantry was regarded by the enemy.”

“Many pieces of stanniferous faience have⟳ been found in Mexico which have⟳ come⟳ to be known as Talavera ware.”

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