terramare

See also: Terramare

English

Alternative forms

• terramara, Terramare

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terramare, plural of terramara, from a dialectal variant of terra marna (“marl-earth”) or terra mala (“bad earth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛɹəˈmɑːɹɪ/, /ˌtɛɹəˈmɛːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi, -ɛəɹi

Noun

terramare (countable and uncountable, plural terramares)

1. (prehistory) 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.

Translations

prehistoric settlements of the Po valley

• Arabic: تِيرَّامَارَت f pl (tīrrāmārat)
• Armenian: տերամար (teramar)
• Bulgarian: терама́ри f pl (teramári)
• Catalan: terramarnes m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰拉馬拉／泰拉马拉 (tàilāmǎlā)

• French: terramares (fr) f pl
• German: Terramaren f pl
• Hebrew: טֶרָאמָרוֹת f pl (teramarót)
• Italian: terramare (it) f pl, terremare (it) f pl
• Russian: террама́ры (ru) f pl (terramáry)
• Spanish: terramaras f pl
• Ukrainian: терама́ри f pl (teramáry)

Further reading

• Terramare culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

terramare f

1. plural of terramara