Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Carrara marble
noun · first attested 17th century
Michelangelo climbed the mountain to pick his own blocks from the quarry.
A white to blue-gray marble quarried in the Apuan Alps above Carrara in Tuscany.
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- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Carrara
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Carrara marble
The quarries above Carrara have been worked since Roman times, supplying the Pantheon and later Michelangelo, who went up himself to choose stone. The name marks the town at the foot of the range rather than any single pit, and hundreds are still cut today.
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