terramara

English

Noun

terramara (countable and uncountable, plural terramaras)

1. Alternative form of terramare
   • 1890, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, page 497:

     In one room there are, however, a few local collections from prehistoric graves and terramaras. The most interesting of these is a collection of objects found with an incinerated interment of the Iron Age at Sesto Calende.

Italian

Etymology

From a dialectal variant of terra marna (“marl-earth”) or terra mala (“bad earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛr.raˈma.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: ter‧ra‧mà‧ra

Noun

terramara f (plural terramare or terremare)

1. (prehistory, usually in the plural) any land of the terramare, Bronze Age settlements in the Po valley

Derived terms

• terramaricolo

Descendants

• English: terramare
• French: terramare

Further reading

• Terramare on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it