terramara

[ ter-uh-mahr-uh ]

noun

, plural ter·ra·ma·re [ter-, uh, -, mahr, -ee].

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of terramara¹

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