Definitions for nuraghes

nuraghes nu·ra·ghe

Spelling: [noo-rah-gey]
IPA: /nuˈrɑ geɪ/

Nuraghes is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 356 anagrams from letters in nuraghes (aeghnrsu).

Definitions for nuraghes

noun

  1. any of the large, tower-shaped, prehistoric stone structures found in Sardinia and dating from the second millennium b.c. to the Roman conquest.

Origin of nuraghes

1820-30; Sardinian; of obscure origin (presumably pre-L)

Examples for nuraghes

Another village, that which surrounds the nuraghe of Su Chiai, was protected by a wall of huge stones.

On a hillock two or three miles distant, were the ruins of a nuraghe, mellowed to a rich orange tint.

It is now established that in the Giants' Tombs of Sardinia we are to see the graves of the inhabitants of the nuraghe villages.

Opinions as to the purposes for which the nuraghe were erected are as various as those regarding their origin.

Whatever were the purposes of the nuraghe, almost all writers on Sardinia consider these ancient structures of Eastern origin.

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