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terramara

American  
[ter-uh-mahr-uh] / ˌtɛr əˈmɑr ə /

noun

plural

terramare

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

Etymology

Origin of terramara

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

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