Useful english dictionary. 2012.
mar|tel|lo — tower, or mar|tel|lo «mahr TEHL oh», noun. a circular tower, formerly used mostly for coastal defense. ╂[alteration (influenced by Italian martello hammer) of Cape Mortella, where one of these towers was located] … Useful english dictionary
Tel-Aviv — Jaffa Tel Aviv Jaffa (he) תל אביב יפו (ar) تل أبيب يافا … Wikipédia en Français
Tel-Aviv-Jaffa — (he) תל אביב יפו (ar) تل أبيب يافا … Wikipédia en Français
Tel-aviv-jaffa — (he) תל אביב יפו (ar) تل أبيب يافا … Wikipédia en Français
Tel Aviv — Jaffa Tel Aviv Jaffa (he) תל אביב יפו (ar) تل أبيب يافا … Wikipédia en Français
Tel Aviv-Jaffa — (he) תל אביב יפו (ar) تل أبيب يافا … Wikipédia en Français
Tel aviv — Jaffa Tel Aviv Jaffa (he) תל אביב יפו (ar) تل أبيب يافا … Wikipédia en Français
Martello tower — Mar•tel′lo tow er [[t]mɑrˈtɛl oʊ[/t]] n. for a circular fort • Etymology: after Cape Mortella, Corsica, where a tower of this kind was taken by British forces in 1794 … From formal English to slang
Martello tower — [mär tel′ō] [It martello, a hammer, folk etym. substitution for mortella, a tower, after Mortella, cape in Corsica, where such a tower was attacked by the English fleet (1794)] [also m t ] a circular fort of masonry, formerly built on coasts to… … English World dictionary
Martello tower — Mar*tel lo tow er [It. martello hammer. The name was orig. given to towers erected on the coasts of Sicily and Sardinia for protection against the pirates in the time of Charles the Fifth, which prob. orig. contained an alarm bell to be struck… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
