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The nuraghe (:nuˈraɡe) (plural Italian ''nuraghi'', Sardinian Logudorese ''nuraghes'' / Sardinian Campidanese ''nuraxis'') is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 BCE.〔Depalmas, A. and R. T. Melis, "The Nuragic People: their settlements, economic activities and use of the land, Sardinia, Italy." In ''Landscapes and Societies: Selected Cases'', Eds. Martini, I. P. and W. Chesworth. Springer Science+Business Media, New York: 2010.〕 Today it has come to be the symbol of Sardinia and its distinctive culture, the Nuragic civilization. More than 7000 nuraghi have been found, though archeologists believe that originally there were not less than 10,000.〔Sergio Vacca, Angelo Aru, Paolo Baldaccini, ''Rapporti tra suoli e insediamenti nuragici nella regione del Marghine-Planargia (Sardegna centro-occidentale), in Il sistema uomo-ambiente tra passato e presente'', a cura di Claude Albore Livadie e Franco Ortolani, Edipuglia, Bari, 1998, ISBN 88-7228-197-0〕 ==Etymology== According to the Oxford English Dictionary the etymology is "uncertain and disputed": "The word is perhaps related to the Sardinian place names ''Nurra'', ''Nurri'', ''Nurru'', and to Sardinian ''nurra'' 'heap of stones, cavity in earth' (although these senses are difficult to reconcile). A connection with the Semitic base of Arabic ''nūr'' 'light, fire, etc.' is now generally rejected."〔''Oxford English Dictionary'' (online ed.), s.v. ''nuraghe''.〕 The Latin word ''murus'' ('wall') may be related to it,〔M. Pittau, philologist〕 as the old Italian word ''mora ''('tombal rock mound'), as used by Dante in his ''Comedy''. However, the derivation: ''murus''–'' *muraghe''–nuraghe is debated. An etymological theory suggests a paleo-Basque origin by the term '' *nur'' (stone) with the common ''-ak'' plural ending;〔(Recensione di Blasco Ferrer, Paleosardo )〕 the Paleo-Sardinian suffix -''ake'' it's also found in some Indo-European languages such as Latin and Greek.〔M. Wagner, La lingua sarda, Berna 1951〕 Another possible explanation is that the word Nuraghe came from the name of the mythological hero Norax, in this case the root '' *nur'' would be an adaptation of the Indo-European root '' *nor''.〔Giovanni Ugas, ''L'alba dei Nuraghi'', Cagliari, Fabula, 2005, pag. 23. ISBN 88-89661-00-3〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nuraghe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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