dammuso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian dammusu, from دَمُّوس (dammūs), alternative form of ديماس (daymās, “underground vault, cavern”).

Noun

dammuso m (plural dammusi)

1. underground vault, obtained from the excavation of limestone and finished in masonry, intended for housing, whose internal temperature remains constant between summers and winters
   1. a limestone habitation typical of the Hyblaean Mountains. Cfr. dieri
2. a small, stone habitation typical of Pantelleria

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• sudammo