tholos

[ thoh-los, -lohs ]

noun,plural tho·loi [thoh-loi]. /ˈθoʊ lɔɪ/.
  1. (in classical architecture)

    • a circular building.

    • a small, round structure, as a lantern.

    • a circular subterranean tomb, lined with masonry.

  2. a subterranean domed tomb chamber of the Mycenaean age.

Origin of tholos

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First recorded in 1895–1900, tholos is from the Greek word thólos literally, rotunda

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tholos

/ (ˈθəʊlɒs) /


nounplural -loi (-lɔɪ)
  1. a dry-stone beehive-shaped tomb associated with the Mycenaean culture of Greece in the 16th to the 12th century bc

Origin of tholos

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C17: from Greek

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