dammuso
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian dammusu, from دَمُّوس (dammūs), alternative form of ديماس (daymās, “underground vault, cavern”).
Noun[edit]
dammuso m (plural dammusi)
- underground vault, obtained from the excavation of limestone and finished in masonry, intended for housing, whose internal temperature remains constant between summers and winters
- a limestone habitation typical of the Hyblaean Mountains. Cfr. dieri
- a small, stone habitation typical of Pantelleria