nuraghe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nuraghe, from Sardinian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʊəˈɹɑːɡeɪ/

Noun

nuraghe (plural nuraghi or nuraghes)

1. (archaeology) A dry-stone round megalithic tower found in Sardinia.

Coordinate terms

• talayot

Derived terms

• Nuragic

Translations

type of megalithic building

• Catalan: nurag m
• French: nuraghe (fr) m, noraghe m
• Italian: nuraghe (it) m
• Portuguese: nurague m, nuraghe m
• Sardinian: nuràche m, nuràchi m, nuràci m, nuràghe m, nuragu m, nuraxi m, nuraxu m, runache m

Further reading

• nuraghe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Alternative forms

• noraghe
• nouraghe (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nuraghe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nuraghe m (plural nuraghes)

1. nuraghe (ancient megalithic structure from Sardinia)

Related terms

• nuragique

Further reading

• “nuraghe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sardinian nuraghe. The ultimate origin is uncertain; possibly related to the Sardinian place names Nurra, Nurri, and Nurru, and the word nurra (“pile of stones”). Another possible connection is Latin mūrus (“wall”).

Noun

nuraghe m (plural nuraghi)

1. nuraghe (a form of megalithic tower found in Sardinia)

Further reading

• nuraghe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• nuraghe on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• unghera

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• nurague

Noun

nuraghe m (plural nuraghes)

1. nuraghe (type of megalithic building in Sardinia)

Sardinian

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps of pre-Nuragic substrate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuˈraɡe/, [nu.ˈräː.ɣɛ]

Noun

nuraghe m (plural nuraghes)

1. nuraghe (type of megalithic building in Sardinia)

   Sos nuraghes s'agatant solamente in Sardigna.

   Nuraghes are only found in Sardinia.

Related terms

• nuragicu