Galician

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Etymology

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excavation of a megalithic tomb at Dombate, Galicia
 
A mámoa, covered by trees and vegetation

From Latin mammula, diminutive of mamma (breast). Cognate with Portuguese mamoa and Spanish mambla.

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mámoa f (plural mámoas)

  1. barrow; a type of megalithic structure found along Atlantic Europe consisting of a tomb (dolmen) inside a round, artificial hill once coated by a layer of stones
    Synonyms: anta, forno
    • 2003, Mercedes Vázquez Saavedra, O Courel, Galaxia, page 45:
      Entre a pista e as penas hai unha mámoa cuberta de vexetación no chamado Veiga de Arcas.
      Between the path and the rocks there is a megalithic tomb covered by vegetation in the so-called Meadow of Arcas.
  2. this same artificial hill
    Synonyms: medoña, medorra

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmamoa/ [ˈma.mo.a]
  • Rhymes: -amoa
  • Syllabification: má‧mo‧a

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mámoa f (plural mámoas)

  1. barrow