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• talaiot

語源

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

発音

• ハイフネーション: ta‧la‧yot

名詞

talayot (複数形 talayots)

1. (archaeology) A kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Majorca.
   • 2011, Michael E. Smith, The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147:

     A talayot may be square, round, oval, or stepped in form, averaging 12–20 m in diameter and containing a massive central roof pillar.

派生語

• talayotic

等位語

• nuraghe

Further reading

• talaiot on Wikipedia.