tumulus

tumulus

1. kumpuhauta, keinotekoisen kummun sisässä oleva hauta

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tumulus

hautakumpu, kumpuhauta, hautakiviröykkiö.

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tumulus (englanti > suomi)

1. hautakumpu

tumulus englanniksi

1. puhekieltä A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.

2. 1826, Mary Shelley, w The Last Man, part 2, chapter 1

They planted the cannon on the tumuli, sole elevations in this level country, and formed themselves into column and hollow square.

3. 2004, Douglas Keister, Stories in Stone, Gibbs Smith (publisher), ISBN 1-58685-321-X, http://books.google.com/books?id=PpIZEEqB4y4C&pg=PA14&dq=tumulus page 14:

The tumulus is one of mankind's oldest burial monuments, dating back to 4,000 to 5,000 years B.C.

4. A heap of earth, mound, hill, knoll, hillock.

5. A barrow, grave, English tumulus.

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