Etymology

talayot

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Today it means: A kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Mallorca. Full definition →

Catalan talaiot
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  1. Catalan · borrowed fromtalaiot
  2. English todaytalayot

Borrowed from Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of Arabic origin.

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