bantam
21bantam — (entrée créée par le supplément) (ban tam ) adj. Poule bantam, et, substantivement, une bantam, sorte de poule. • Nous avons les poules naines, très agréables d aspect ; la race bantam, que l on attribue au goût et aux soins des Japonais,..., E …
22bantam — bàn·tam s.m.inv. 1. TS zoot. nome di numerose razze nane di polli derivate da una razza originaria di Bantam 2. TS sport → peso gallo {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1913. ETIMO: da Bantam, nome di una città dell isola di Giava …
23bantam — UK [ˈbæntəm] / US noun [countable] Word forms bantam : singular bantam plural bantams a type of small chicken …
24Bantam — geographical name village Indonesia in NW corner of Java; once capital of Sultanate of Bantam …
25bantam — I. noun Etymology: Bantam, former residency in Java Date: 1749 1. any of numerous small domestic fowls that are often miniatures of members of the standard breeds 2. a person of diminutive stature and often combative disposition II. adjective… …
26Bantam — Bạntam, Bạnten, ehemaliges hinduistisches Reich im westlichen Java (mit gleichnamiger Hauptstadt, dem heutigen Banten), das im 13. Jahrhundert zu großer Macht gelangte und im 16. Jahrhundert zunächst vom ostjavanischen Fürstentum Demak… …
27BANTAM — a chief town in Java, abandoned as unhealthy by the Dutch; whence the Bantam fowl is thought to have come …
28bantam — ban|tam [ˈbæntəm] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Bantam place in Java from where the birds were thought to have been brought to Europe] a type of small chicken …
29bantam — [18] When these diminutive chickens were first imported into Europe in the middle of the 18th century, it was thought that they had originated in a village called Bantam in Java, now in Indonesia, and they were named accordingly. This version of… …
30bantam — [[t]bæ̱ntəm[/t]] bantams N COUNT A bantam is a breed of small chicken …
