name
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of terramare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
terramare
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌtɛɹəˈmɑːɹi/
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UK: /ˌtɛɹəˈmɛːɹi/
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noun
Meaning 2
Bronze Age lake dwellings and settlements of the Po valley in northern Italy, characterized by the presence of ammoniacal earthy deposit (black marl) in mounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian terramare, plural of terramara, from a dialectal variant of terra marna (“marl-earth”) or terra mala (“bad earth”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تِيرَّامَارَت (tīrrāmārat) — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Armenian: տերամար (teramar) — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Bulgarian: терама́ри (teramári) — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Catalan: terramarnes — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Chinese Mandarin: 泰拉馬拉 /泰拉马拉 (tàilāmǎlā) — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- French: terramares — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- German: Terramaren — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Hebrew: טֶרָאמָרוֹת (teramarót) — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Italian: terramare — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Italian: terremare — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Russian: террама́ры (terramáry) — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Spanish: terramaras — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
- Ukrainian: терама́ри (teramáry) — prehistoric settlements of the Po valley