nuraghe
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian nuraghe, from Sardinian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nuraghe (plural nuraghi or nuraghes)
- (archaeology) A dry-stone round megalithic tower found in Sardinia.
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Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
type of megalithic building
Further reading[edit]
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian nuraghe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
nuraghe m (plural nuraghes)
- nuraghe (ancient megalithic structure from Sardinia)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “nuraghe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
nuraghe m (plural nuraghi)
- nuraghe (a form of megalithic tower found in Sardinia)
Further reading[edit]
- nuraghe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- nuraghe on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
nuraghe m (plural nuraghes)
- nuraghe (type of megalithic building in Sardinia)
Sardinian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps of pre-Nuragic substrate origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nuraghe m (plural nuraghes)
- nuraghe (type of megalithic building in Sardinia)
- Sos nuraghes s'agatant solamente in Sardigna.
- Nuraghes are only found in Sardinia.
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