talayot

English
Talayot at Torellonet Vell, Menorca.

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /təˈlɑːjəʊt/

Noun

talayot (plural 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.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of the same Arabic origin as atalaya.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /talaˈʝot/ [t̪a.laˈʝot̪]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /talaˈʃot/ [t̪a.laˈʃot̪]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /talaˈʒot/ [t̪a.laˈʒot̪]

  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: ta‧la‧yot

Noun

talayot m (plural talayots)

  1. (archaeology) talayot

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