"tumulus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtjuːmjələs/ [UK], /ˈtuːmjələs/ [US] Forms: tumuli [plural]
Etymology: From Latin tumulus (“mound, hill”), from tumeō (“I swell”). Doublet of tombolo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tewh₂-}}, {{uder|en|la|tumulus||mound, hill}} Latin tumulus (“mound, hill”), {{m|la|tumeō||I swell}} tumeō (“I swell”), {{doublet|en|tombolo}} Doublet of tombolo Head templates: {{en-noun|tumuli}} tumulus (plural tumuli)
  1. (archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow. Wikipedia link: tumulus Categories (topical): Archaeology Synonyms: burial mound § Synonyms Translations (mound of earth): κολώνη (kolṓnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), гробна могила (grobna mogila) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mohyla [feminine] (Czech), gravhøj [common-gender] (Danish), grafheuvel [masculine] (Dutch), tumulo (Esperanto), hautakumpu (Finnish), tumulus [masculine] (French), mámoa [feminine] (Galician), medorra [feminine] (Galician), medoña [feminine] (Galician), medela [feminine] (Galician), borróa [feminine] (Galician), tombo [masculine] (Galician), tumulo (Ido), kalma (Ingrian), tuaim [feminine] (Irish), dumha [masculine] (Irish), tuama [masculine] (Irish), 墳丘墓 (funkyūbo) (alt: ふんきゅうぼ) [usually] (Japanese), 古墳 (kofun) (english: more specific to Japan) (alt: こふん) (Japanese), tumulāmen [neuter] (Latin), tumulus [masculine] (Latin), gravhaug [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gravhaug [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kurhan [masculine] (Polish), kopiec (Polish), túmulo [masculine] (Portuguese), tumul [masculine] (Romanian), курга́н (kurgán) [masculine] (Russian), tumulus [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), túmulo [masculine] (Spanish), tümülüs (Turkish)

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