Tanna
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- proper noun
- Ghostly apparitions, however, are nothing new on Tanna.
Examples
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By May 1941, nearly everyone on Tanna had abandoned their Christian affiliation.
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On Tanna, rock formations and other neighborhood geological features mark the sites of these events.
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But then John Frum came to Tanna.
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John Frum is a spiritual messenger who first appeared in the late 1930s on Tanna, an island of southern Vanuatu.
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John Frum's message promoted the revitalization of many of the traditional practices Tanna Law had made illicit.
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Through Nampas, alive or dead, the cargo cult messages of John Frum are mediated benefits to the people of Tanna.
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Tanna's discursive conditions of inspiration and copyrighting require people to listen for ancestral voices.
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Given the island's order of discourse, the Green Point men from west Tanna who first communed with John Frum possessed and asserted a geographic copyright on this increasingly popular figure.
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Many tourists visit Tanna to experience its vibrant culture and customs.
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The island of Tanna is part of the Republic of Vanuatu in the South Pacific.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tanna the island takes its name from the local languages of Vanuatu, so the word simply identifies that place and its people, which is why Tanna now refers to the island known for its active volcanoes and traditional life.