tombolo

See also: tómbolo and tombolò

English
A small fortification built on a rocky islet with a sandy connection to the mainland
A tombolo of washed-up sand connected Spain’s Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (top) to mainland Morocco (bottom) after a storm in 1934

Etymology

From Italian tombolo (“pillow”), from Latin tumulus (“mound”), from tumeō (“I swell”). Doublet of tumulus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɒmˈbəʊləʊ/

Noun

tombolo (plural tombolos)

  1. (geography) A spit of sand linking an island to the mainland (or to another island), formed by longshore drift.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin tumulus (“mound”), from tumeō (“to swell”).

Noun

tombolo m (plural tomboli)

  1. lace pillow or cushion
  2. a podgy person
Descendants
  • → Catalan: tómbol
  • → English: tombolo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tombolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tombolare
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