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talayot

/təˈlɑːjəʊt/

talayot noun: a kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Mallorca.

talayot: a kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Mallorca
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Noun

talayot (plural talayots)

  1. A kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Mallorca.
    • A talayot may be square, round, oval, or stepped in form, averaging 12–20 m in diameter and containing a massive central roof pillar.2011, Michael E. Smith, The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147

Forms of talayot

pluraltalayots
alternative formtalaiot

Origin of talayot

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

Words formed from talayot

Questions about talayot

What does talayot mean?
Talayot means a kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Mallorca.
What part of speech is talayot?
Talayot is a noun.
How do you pronounce talayot?
Talayot is pronounced /təˈlɑːjəʊt/.
What is the plural of talayot?
The plural of talayot is talayots.

Words near talayot in the dictionary

  1. talavs
  2. Talawa
  3. Talawanta
  4. Talayan
  5. Talayesva
  6. talayot
  7. talayotic
  8. talayots
  9. talazoparib
  10. Talbert
  11. Talberts

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