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tempe

/ˈtɛmpi/

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What does tempe mean?

noun

  1. Alternative form of tempeh.

proper noun

  1. A city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
  2. A suburb in Inner West council area, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. The Vale of Tempe; (by extension) a beautiful valley; any delightful rural spot.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtɛmpi/

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The place is in strength not inferior to Tempe, though it lacks the trees and green woods, and the pleasant meadows and walks that adorn Tempe.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
Near Tempe a still more significant arrangement was noticed.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
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The Middle River gracefully winds through this Vale of Tempe, over a sandy bottom, sometimes sparkling in shallows, and then gently reposing in the broad bends of the grassy banks.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
The new Vale of Tempe may be a gaunt waste in Thule; human souls may find themselves in closer and closer harmony with external things wearing a sombreness distasteful to our race when it was young.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
Deucalion's deluge, in its later forms at any rate, is obviously coloured by Semitic tradition; but both Greek stories, in their origin, Sir James Frazer would trace to local conditions--the one suggested by the Gorge of Tempe in Thessaly, the other explaining the existence of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
L. W. (Leonard William) KingLegends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew TraditionProject Gutenberg ebook #2030