terramara

American  

[ter-uh-mahr-uh] / ˌtɛr əˈmɑr ə /

noun

• terramare
  plural

1. a lake dwelling or settlement of lake dwellings, especially those whose remains survive in mounds in the Po valley of N Italy.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• terramare
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of terramara

1865–70; < Italian dial., probably assimilation of Latin terra mala bad earth

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Example Sentences

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terramare

The terramare settlements are found chiefly in the Po valley; to the north of that river around Mantua, and to the south between Piacenza and Bologna.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

The Neolithic population of northern Italy developed a Bronze Age civilization under the stimulus of contact with the terramare people and the lake-dwellers.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

The peoples of the palafitte and the terramare.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

With the terramare people bronze had almost completely supplanted stone instruments.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

The other, called terramare, is a pile village constructed on solid ground and surrounded by an artificial moat.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

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