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Tabor is a name that appears in various languages and contexts, used for places, historical groups, and as a family or given name. In English and many references, it often denotes two primary kinds of sites: a Czech town named Tábor and the biblical hill Mount Tabor in Israel.

Tábor is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic and the capital of

Mount Tabor, or Har Tabor in Hebrew, is a hill in the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.

The Tabor name also appears in history as the Taborites, a radical faction within the Hussite movement

Beyond places and history, Tabor is used as a surname and given name and is the name

Tábor
District.
It
lies
on
the
Lužnice
River
and
has
a
well-preserved
historic
center.
The
town
is
closely
associated
with
the
Hussite
movement
of
the
15th
century,
which
formed
around
religious
and
political
reform
ideas.
The
name
Tábor
derives
from
the
biblical
Mount
Tábor,
a
symbolic
reference
used
by
the
Hussites
to
describe
their
fortified
base.
In
Christian
tradition
it
is
identified
as
the
site
of
the
Transfiguration
of
Jesus.
The
summit
hosts
places
of
pilgrimage,
and
the
area
features
a
church
commemorating
the
event,
often
described
as
a
high
point
in
biblical
geography
and
religious
history.
who
took
their
name
from
the
town
of
Tábor
and
played
a
significant
role
during
the
Hussite
Wars
in
the
15th
century.
of
several
educational
institutions,
including
Tabor
College
in
Hillsboro,
Kansas.