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Tagore

Tagore

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An Indian writer and poet who won the Nobel Prize in 1913
  • proper noun
  • /təˈɡɔr/
: Tagore
  • Santiniketan is the bucolic site of Visva-Bharati University, an institution founded by Rabindranath Tagore with the goal of bringing scholars and students in touch with the landscape and culture of rural Bengal.
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Tagore, for example

Acting is great, poetry is even better, Rabindranath Tagore, one of my favorite poets, said.

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Examples

  • Indeed, in the cooperative principle, Tagore saw the possibility of challenging power, of altering power relations.

    Blog text (5)

  • His renditions of Tagore's songs are often my favorites.

    Blog text (30)

  • The text, I thought, was by Tagore.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Had she visited Tagore House? The National Library? The Tea Auction Centre?

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The Nature of Reality: Conversation between Tagore and Einstein.

    Blog text (31)

  • Acting is great, poetry is even better, Rabindranath Tagore, one of my favorite poets, said.

    The Diary Of A CEO

  • Nearly eight decades ago, Rabindranath Tagore worried about the growing concentration of economic power and the coming destruction of rural India.

    Blog text (5)

  • A more unusual representative of the world of art and philosophy is the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.

    Academic text (1990)

  • I am not aware of anyone who has as yet used Gandhi, Vivekananda, or Tagore, for example, to help critically examine their own backyard.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

Synonyms

Rabindranath Tagore
vsTagore
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An Indian writer and poet who wrote India's national anthem and won the Nobel Prize for writing

focuses on pioneering colloquial Bengali in poetry and receiving the Nobel Prize

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Tagore is the English form of the Bengali name Thakur, which comes from an old Indian word meaning 'lord' or 'respected one'. So, the name fits Rabindranath Tagore, who was a very respected writer and thinker.