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Stonehenge in British English
(ˌstəʊnˈhɛndʒ)
noun
a prehistoric ruin in S England, in Wiltshire on Salisbury Plain: constructed over the period of roughly 3000–1600 bc; one of the most important megalithic monuments in Europe; believed to have had religious and astronomical purposes
Stonehenge in American English
(ˈstoʊnˌhɛndʒ)
noun
a circular arrangement of prehistoric megaliths on Salisbury Plain, England, probably set up in the Neolithic period
Word origin
ME stonheng < ston, stone + OE henge, (something) hanging: for IE base see hangImage ofStonehenge
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