terramara

[ ter-uh-mahr-uh ]
/ ˌtɛr əˈmɑr ə /

noun, plural ter·ra·ma·re [ter-uh-mahr-ee] /ˌtɛr əˈmɑr i/.

a lake dwelling or settlement of lake dwellings, especially those whose remains survive in mounds in the Po valley of N Italy.

Origin of terramara

1865–70; < Italian dial., probably assimilation of Latin terra mala bad earth