nu·ra·ghe \nüˈrägā\noun (pluralnura·ghi \-gē\ ; ornuraghes) Etymology: Italian (Sardinian dialect), perhaps from Nura, Nurra, locality in Nuoro province, central Sardinia, Italy : a large stone structure of Sardinia built in the shape of a truncated cone and held to date from the bronze age < the nuraghi … are easily the equal of the sphinx in mystery and grandeur — P.E.Deutschman > • nuraghicadjective