Tamir is a male
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
name תָּמִיר meaning 'tall'. A different Hebrew spelling, טמיר, means 'arcane' or 'secretive'.
In
Mongolian
Mongolian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Mongolia, a country in Asia
* Mongolian people, or Mongols
* Bogd Khanate of Mongolia, the government of Mongolia, 1911–1919 and 1921–1924
* Mongolian language
* Mongolian alphabet
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, the name is translated as 'strength' or 'vigour'. A
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in Mongolia bears this name.
People
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Tamir Ben Ami, Israeli footballer and manager
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Tamir Blatt
Tamir Blatt (; born May 4, 1997) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. He is the son of former basketball player and coach David Blatt. In the 2020-2021 seaso ...
(born 1997), Israeli basketball player in the
Israel Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
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Tamir Bloom (born 1971), American épée fencer; 2x US champion
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Tamir Cohen
Tamir Cohen (; born 4 March 1984) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the son of the late Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool player Avi Cohen.
Club career Early career
Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, an ...
, Israeli soccer midfielder (
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...
& Israeli national team)
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Tamir Gonen
Tamir Gonen (born 1975) is an American structural biochemist and membrane biophysicist best known for his contributions to structural biology of membrane proteins, membrane biochemistry and electron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM) particularly in electr ...
(born 1975), American biochemist
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Tamir Goodman (born 1982), Israeli-American basketball shooting guard
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Tamir Kahlon
Tamir Kahlon (; born 29 October 1987) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Kahlon had to retire in 2013 following an injury while playing for Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
Career Club
In August 2011, he was loaned to ...
, Israeli footballer
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Tamir Linhart, Israeli footballer
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Tamir Muskat
Tamir Muskat () is an Israeli musician/producer-sound engineer who was born and raised in Petah Tikva, Israel as son of a Romanian immigrant. His father was the manager of Anzeagi Conservatorion for music in Petah Tikva. As a teenager, he was alr ...
, Israeli musician
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Tamir Rice
On November 22, 2014, Tamir E. Rice, a twelve year old African-American boy, was killed in Cleveland, Ohio, by Timothy Loehmann, a 26-year-old white patrolman with the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP). Rice was carrying a replica toy gun; Lo ...
, American shooting victim
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Tamir Ruffin, American musician
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Tamir Pardo
Tamir Pardo (; born 1953) is the former Director of Mossad, taking over the role from Meir Dagan on January 1, 2011. The appointment was announced by Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 29, 2010. He served in the role from 2011 ...
, Israeli intelligence officer
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Tamir Saban (born 1999),
American-Israeli
Israeli Americans () are Americans who are of full or partial Israeli descent.
The Israeli-American community, while predominantly Jewish, also includes various ethnic and religious minorities reflective of Israel's diverse demographics. This c ...
basketball player
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Tamir Sapir
Tamir Sapir (born Temur Sepiashvili, ka, თემურ სეფიაშვილი; 1946/1947 – September 24, 2014) was a Georgian-born, Georgian-American businessman, real estate developer and investor. He was the founder of the Sapir ...
(1946–2014), Soviet-born American businessman
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Andryein Tamir (born 1986), Mongolian swimmer
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Amit Tamir
Amit Tamir (; born December 2, 1979) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall former center/ forward.
Biography
Amit Yosef Tamir was born in Jerusalem to Asher and Shula Tamir. He has ...
, Israeli basketball center/forward (
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's lead ...
)
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Arnon Tamir, Israeli footballer
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Avital Tamir, Israeli musician
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Avraham Tamir, Israeli major general
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Doron Tamir, Israeli military officer
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Nadav Tamir, Israeli diplomat
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Shmuel Tamir
Shmuel Moshe Tamir (; born Shmuel Katznelson; 10 March 1923 – 29 June 1987) was a prominent Israeli independence fighter, lawyer, and Knesset member. After a successful career fighting the British, he entered the Knesset from 1965 to 1980, ri ...
, Israeli independence fighter and politician
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Tami Tamir, Israeli computer scientist
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Yuli Tamir
Yael "Yuli" Tamir (; born 26 February 1954) is an Israeli academic and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2010, and as Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Education, as well as the dep ...
, Israeli academic and politician
Fictional characters
* Tamir, puppeteered by Tau Bennett and Bradley Freeman Jr. in ''
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...
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* Captain Tamir, portrayed by
Tom Avni
Tom Avni (Hebrew: תום אבני) is an Israeli actor, TV host, director and voice actor.
Background
Avni was born on April 20, 1986 in Eilat, Israel. His father, Nir Avni was a diver of Lithuanian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent, being one ...
in ''
Valley of Tears
The Valley of Tears (, ''Emek HaBakha'') is the name given to an area in the Golan Heights after it became the site of a major battle in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, known as the Valley (or Vale) of Tears Battle, which was fought from 6 Oc ...
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References
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