terramare
See also: Terramare
English
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editBorrowed from Italian terramare, plural of terramara, from a dialectal variant of terra marna (“marl-earth”) or terra mala (“bad earth”).
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editNoun
editterramare (countable and uncountable, plural terramares)
- (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
editprehistoric settlements of the Po valley
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edit- Terramare culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
editNoun
editterramare f
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