talayot
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Borrowed from Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of Arabic origin.
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talayot (plural talayots)
- (archaeology) A kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Majorca.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of the same Arabic origin as atalaya.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ot
- Syllabification: ta‧la‧yot
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talayot m (plural talayots)
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Further reading edit
- “talayot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014