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Nuragic

adj · name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to a civilization of Sardinia, which lasted from the Mediterranean Bronze Age until the 2nd century CE and built monuments of a type called nuraghe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2013, Fulvia Lo Schiavo, 10: The western Mediterranean before The Etruscans, Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan World, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 209, Two points are by now acknowledged: the first, and already discussed above, is the Cypriot impact factor on Nuragic Sardinia, more than on any other western land, specifically connected to the metallurgy.

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name

Meaning 2

The hypothesized language of the Nuragic civilization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From nuraghe + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: nuragique — of or relating to an ancient Sardinian civilisation
  • German: nuragisch — of or relating to an ancient Sardinian civilisation
  • Italian: nuragico — of or relating to an ancient Sardinian civilisation
  • Polish: nuragijski — of or relating to an ancient Sardinian civilisation