dammuso.
underground vault, obtained from the excavation of limestone and finished in masonry, intended for housing, whose internal temperature remains constant between summers and winters
Meaning & usage
underground vault, obtained from the excavation of limestone and finished in masonry, intended for housing, whose internal temperature remains constant between summers and winters
underground vault, obtained from the excavation of limestone and finished in masonry, intended for housing, whose internal temperature remains constant between summers and winters a limestone habitation typical of the Hyblaean Mountains. Cfr. dieri
a small, stone habitation typical of Pantelleria
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Sicilian dammusu, from دَمُّوس (dammūs), alternative form of ديماس (daymās, “underground vault, cavern”).
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