terramare

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UK/ˌtɛɹəˈmɑːɹi/UK/ˌtɛɹəˈmɛːɹi/

noun

Bronze Age lake dwellings and settlements of the Po valley in northern Italy, characterized by the presence of ammoniacal earthy deposit (black marl) in mounds.

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Meanings

terramare1

nounterramare (countable and uncountable, plural terramares)

plural terramares · alternative terramara · alternative Terramare

  1. countableuncountableBronze Age lake dwellings and settlements of the Po valley in northern Italy, characterized by the presence of ammoniacal earthy deposit (black marl) in mounds.

Terramare2

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of terramare.

Origin

  1. Italianterramare
  2. Englishterramare

Borrowed from Italian terramare, plural of terramara, from a dialectal variant of terra marna (“marl-earth”) or terra mala (“bad earth”).

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Translations

Arabic تِيرَّامَارَت
  • تِيرَّامَارَت (tīrrāmārat)prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
Bulgarian терама́ри
  • терама́ри (teramári)prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
Catalan terramarnes
  • terramarnesprehistoric settlements of the Po valley
Chinese Mandarin 泰拉馬拉 /泰拉马拉
  • 泰拉馬拉 /泰拉马拉 (tàilāmǎlā)prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
French terramares
  • terramaresprehistoric settlements of the Po valley
German Terramaren
  • Terramarenprehistoric settlements of the Po valley
Hebrew טֶרָאמָרוֹת
  • טֶרָאמָרוֹת (teramarót)prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
Italian terramare, terremare
  • terramareprehistoric settlements of the Po valley
  • terremareprehistoric settlements of the Po valley
Russian террама́ры
  • террама́ры (terramáry)prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
Spanish terramaras
  • terramarasprehistoric settlements of the Po valley
Ukrainian терама́ри
  • терама́ри (teramáry)prehistoric settlements of the Po valley

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with terramare

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Cite this entry
APA

terramare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terramare

MLA

“terramare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terramare. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terramare,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terramare.

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