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terramare

/ˌtɛɹəˈmɑːɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ter-ra-mare
IPA
/ˌtɛɹəˈmɑːɹi/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Alternative letter-case form of terramare.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˌtɛɹəˈmɑːɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

terramares (plural) terramara (alternative)

Rhymes With

barry ferrari safari mari starry qatari shari calamari kalahari dari tarry bihari

Questions

How do you pronounce terramare?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɛɹəˈmɑːɹi/.
What does terramare mean?
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.
Where does terramare come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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