The Collaborative International Dictionary
Palmarium \Pal*ma"ri*um\, n.; pl. Palmaria. [NL. See Palmar.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.
Wikipedia
The Palmaria is an Italian self-propelled 155 mm howitzer.
Palmaria may refer to:
- Palmaria (island), an island in the Ligurian Sea, Italy
- Palmaria (artillery), an Italian-made self-propelled howitzer
- Palmaria, a genus of red algae
- Palmaria palmata, a species of red algae
Palmaria is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. Measuring , it is the largest island of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. The other islands, Tino, and the tiny Tinetto lie further south.
In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Usage examples of "palmaria".
Sylverius, bishop of Rome, was first transported to Patara, in Lycia, and at length starved (sub eorum custodia inedia confectus) in the Isle of Palmaria, A.