terramara

English

Noun

terramara (countable and uncountable, plural terramaras)

  1. Alternative form of terramare.
    • 1890, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, page 497:
      In one room there are, however, a few local collections from prehistoric graves and terramaras. The most interesting of these is a collection of objects found with an incinerated interment of the Iron Age at Sesto Calende.

Italian

Etymology

From a dialectal variant of terra marna (“marl-earth”) or terra mala (“bad earth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛr.raˈma.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: ter‧ra‧mà‧ra

Noun

terramara f (plural terramare or terremare)

  1. (prehistory, usually in the plural) any land of the terramare, Bronze Age settlements in the Po valley

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: terramare
  • French: terramare

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