English Explanatory Dictionary

naveta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of megalithic chamber tomb, unique to the Balearic island of Minorca, with two vertical and two corbelled walls giving it the form of an upturned boat.

Word forms

naveta navetas

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan naveta, diminutive of nau (“ship”).

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