talavera

noun

1. A city in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, known for its pottery; in full, Talavera de la Reina.
2. An 1809 battle during the Peninsula War fought outside the city.

   “[He] had been a conspicuous figure at Talavera, and had contributed not a little to the peculiar terror with which his regiment of infantry was regarded by the enemy.”

3. (uncountable)A kind of Spanish and Mexican majolica pottery with a milky-white glaze.

   “Many pieces of stanniferous faience have been found in Mexico which have come to be known as Talavera ware.”

4. A municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.