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- ↑ Origins of the Name
- ↑ "tan". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ↑ http://ecla.aquitaine.fr/Ecrit-et-livre/Annuaire-des-professionnels/Traducteurs/Tanet-Chantal [ dead link ]
- ↑ André Chédeville and Hubert Guillotel pp. 383-384.
- ↑ E. Blatter: Flora Arabica 8,1. - Calcutta: Superintendent government printing, 1919.
