Taí·na·ron (t??n?-rôn?, t??nä-), CapeFormerly Cape Mat·a·pan (m?t??-p?n?) A cape at the southernmost point of mainland Greece. The British won an important naval battle against the Italians off Cape Taínaron in 1941.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Taínaron (?t?nar?n) n (Placename) a transliteration of the Modern Greek name for (Cape) MatapanCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014