terramara
noun
a lake dwelling or settlement of lake dwellings, especially those whose remains survive in mounds in the Po valley of N Italy.
terramare
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pluralof terramara.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 peoples of the palafitte and the terramare.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
The terramare civilization had likewise its special type of hand-made pottery of peculiar shapes and ornamentation.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Elsewhere in the northern part of Italy in the Iron Age we have to do with a culture developing out of that of the terramare period.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Here, again, we have to do with a new type of civilization, which is not a development of the terramare culture.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
