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Sicilian
Etymology
From Arabic دَمُّوس (dammūs), variant of دَيْمَاس (daymās). Ultimately from Ancient Greek δημόσιον (dēmósion, “public building; treasury; public prison; public bath”), the neuter of δημόσιος (dēmósios, “public”) Compare furthermore Doric Greek δᾱμόσῐος (dāmósios).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /damˈmu.su/ (Standard)
- Hyphenation: dam‧mù‧su
Noun
dammusu m (plural dammusi or dammusa)
- 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
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