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trul⋅lo

[troo-loh]
–noun, plural -li [-lee] .
a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.

Origin:
1905–10 < It < Apulian dial. truḍḍu < MGk, LGk trŷllos cupola, ult. < L trulla ladle, scoop (cf. trowel ), prob. by intermediary sense “cup, goblet”; cf. similar development of cupola
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