Meaning & use

Trullo

noun·Academic

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A traditional dry-stone hut with a conical roof, found in the Apulia region of southern Italy.

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Tourists flock to Alberobello to see its famous whitewashed trullo houses.

The family rented a converted trullo for their summer vacation.

A note on using this word

Borrowed from Italian, the plural is "trulli"; these distinctive buildings were traditionally built without mortar so they could be quickly dismantled.

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