"Tollund Man" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named after a nearby Danish village, where its discoverers lived. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tollund Man
  1. (archaeology) A bog body found preserved in peat on the Jutland peninsula, Denmark, in 1950; the naturally mummified body of a man believed to have lived in the 5th century BCE during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the pre-Roman Iron Age. Wikipedia link: Tollund Man Categories (topical): Archaeology Related terms: Elling Woman Translations (bog man discovered in Denmark in 1950): homme de Tollund [masculine] (French), Tollund-Mann [masculine] (German), uomo di Tollund [masculine] (Italian)
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