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Attica, on the frontier of Boeotia, of which there remain now 
only a few ruins at a spot called Grimathi. The adjacent 
plain is of great beauty and fertility, and was often the object 
of contest between the Athenians and Thebans. 
TANAH, a town of Hindostan, province of Gujerat, be¬ 
longing to the British. Lat. 21. 21. N. long. 73. 41. E. 
TANAK, Point, a cape on the north coast of Java. Lat. 
6. 24. S. long. 108.36. E. 
TANAKEKE, a small island about 12 miles in circum¬ 
ference, surrounded by a cluster of smaller ones, and situated 
off the south-west extremity of Celebes. This island was 
formerly given up by the Dutch to the Malays in their ser¬ 
vice. Many of the smaller are uninhabited, and others 
peopled by the Buggesses. Lat. 5. 30. S. long. 19. 10. E. 
TANALITZKA1A, a fortress of Asiatic Russia, in the 
government of Oufa ; 120 miles east of Orenburg. 
TANAPATEPEC, a settlement of Mexico, in the district 
of Tehuantepec, containing 160 families of Indians. 
TANAR, a river of Scotland, in Aberdeenshire, which 
rises at the foot of Mount Battock, and falls into the river 
Dee, near the church of Aboyne. It gives the name of 
Glentanar to the district through which it runs, now united 
to the parish of Aboyne. 
TANARO, a considerable river of the north of Italy, in 
Piedmont, which rises among the Appennines, and after pass¬ 
ing by Coni, Cherasco, Alba, Asti, and Alessandria, falls 
into the Po at Bassignana; 3 miles east of Valenza. It gave 
name for some time to a department of the French empire. 
TANAT, a river of Wales, in the counties of Montgo¬ 
mery and Denbigh. It forms part of the northern boundary 
between these counties, and runs into the Severn at the north¬ 
east point of Montgomeryshire. 
TANCONA, a creek on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, 
in the province of Ariea, in Peru. 
TANCOS, a small town of the central part of Portugal, 
in Estremadura, on the north bank of the Tagus; 68 miles 
west-north-west of Lisbon. Population 2000. 
TANDERAGEE, a considerable village of Ireland, in the 
county of Armagh. The linen manufacture is vigorously 
prosecuted here, and the proximity of the Newry canal ma¬ 
terially contributes to the convenience of the place; 61| miles 
north-west of Dublin. 
TANDIL, a river of South America, which enters the sea 
on the coast of Patagonia. 
TANDJONG, Cape, a cape on the west coast of Borneo. 
Lat. 5. 24. N. long. 112. 45. E. 
TANDOO BAAS, a small island in the Sooloo archi¬ 
pelago. 
TANDOO BATTOO, a small island in the Sooloo archi¬ 
pelago. Lat. 5. 9. N. long. 120. 12. E. 
TANDRIDGE, a parish of England, in Surrey; 2 miles 
east-by-south of Godstone. Population 390. 
TANE for taken, ta'en. Ill spelt. 
Two trophies tane from th’ East and western shore, 
And both those nations twice triumphed o’er. May. 
TANETE, a town and small principality on the island 
of Celebes, situated half way between Fort Rotterdam and the 
bay of Sorian. In 1775, this petty state was tributary to 
the Dutch, and governed by a female. Lat. 4. 14. S. long. 
119. 35. E. 
TANEYTOWN, a post township of the United States, in 
Frederick county, Maryland. It is a pleasant and handsome 
town, and contains two handsome brick houses of public 
worship, one for German Lutherans, and one for Roman 
Catholics; and about 100 houses, mostly of brick. 
TANFIELD, a hamlet of England, in Cheshire; 6] miles 
south west of Gateshead. 
TANFIELD, East, a hamlet of England, North 
Riding of Yorkshire; 6h miles north-north-west of 
Rippon. 
TANFIELD, West, another hamlet in the same 
Riding; 6| miles north-west-by-north of Rippon. Popu¬ 
lation 670. 
TANG, s. [tanghe, Dutch, acrid.] A strong taste: a 
taste left in the mouth.—It is strange that the soul should 
never once recal over any of its pure native thoughts, before it 
borrowed any thing from the body; never bring into the 
waking man’s view any other ideas but what have a tang of 
the cask, and derive their original from that union. Locke. 
—Relish; taste. A low word. —There was not the least tang 
of religion, which is indeed the worst affectation in any thing 
he said or did. Atterbury. —Something that leaves a sting 
or pain behind it. 
She had a tongue with a tang. 
Would cry to a sailor, go hang. Shakspeare. 
Sound; tone: this is mistaken for tone or twang. —There 
is a pretty affectation in the Allemain, which gives their 
speech a different tang from ours. Holder. 
To TANG, v. n. [This is mistaken for twang.*] To 
ring with.—Be opposite with a kinsman, surly with thy 
servants; let thy tongue tang arguments of state; put thy¬ 
self into the trick of singularity. Shakspeare. 
TANG, 5. [tang, Su. Goth.] A kind of sea-weed; called 
in some places tangle. —Calling it the sea of weeds, of flag, 
or rush, or tange. Bp. Richardson. 
TANGALA, a small island in the Eastern seas, near the 
south coast of Java. Lat. 8. 20. S. long. 111. 45. E. 
TANGE, a small river of East Prussia, which falls into 
the Kurische Haff, at Memel, where it is of sufficient depth 
to be navigated. 
TA'NGENT, s. [tangent, Fr., tangens, Lat.]— Tangent, 
in trigonometry, is a right line perpendicularly raised on the 
extremity of a radius, and which touches a circle so as not to 
cut it; but yet intersects another line without the circle called 
a secant that is drawn from the centre, and which cuts the arc 
to which it is a tangent. Trevoux. —Nothing in this hy¬ 
pothesis can retain the planets in their orbs, but they would 
immediately desert them and the neighbourhood of the sun, 
and vanish away in tangents to their several circles into the 
mundane space. Bentley. 
TANGER, a small river of Prussia, in the Old Mark of 
Brandenburg, which falls into the Elbe at Tangermunde. 
TANGERANG, a village of the island of Java, about 15 
miles west from Batavia. It is a considerable place; and 
before the neighbouring part of the Bantam country was 
ceded to the Dutch, it was a large military frontier station; 
but the fort, barracks, &c., are now nearly in ruins. A large 
weekly bazaar is held here, to which the produce of the adja¬ 
cent country is brought, and thence carried to Batavia, by 
means of a canal which communicates with the river Tjida- 
nee, by a fine sluice, and then runs parallel to the road the 
whole way to Batavia. Near this sluice and bridge is a 
beautiful villa, the late residence of General Lutzow. The 
country is well cultivated, interspersed with several seats or 
Dutch farms producing rice, and the greatest part of the 
grass for the consumption of the horses in town. As this 
article is in great demand, and uncommonly quick in its 
growth, it is of course much cultivated, and very profit¬ 
able. 
TANGERANG, or Tjidanee, a river of Java, which 
has its rise in the Saiack mountains, and running north, falls 
into the ocean; about 20 miles west of Bantam. 
TANGERMUNDE, a small town of Prussia, in the Old 
Mark of Brandenburg (now the province of Saxony), on the 
Elbe, where it receives the Tanger. It contains 3200 in¬ 
habitants, employed in linen weaving, in brewing, and in 
cultivating the neighbouring district. It has an ancient 
castle, separated from the rest of the town; 32 miles north- 
north-east of Magdeburg, and 59 west of Berlin. 
TANGHOO. See Toanhoa. 
TANGI'BILITY, s. [from tangible .] The quality of 
being perceived by the touch. 
TA'NGIBLE, adj. [tangible, French; from tango, Lat.] 
Perceptible by the touch.— Tangible bodies have no pleasure 
in the consort of air, but endeavour to subact it into a more 
dense body. Bacon. 
TANGIER, a considerable sea-port of Fez, in Morocco, 
situated on the straits of Gibraltar, a few miles to the east of 
Cape 
