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monument
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noun
  1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
There is a on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
  1. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  2. An exceptionally or prideful achievement.
  3. An important burial vault or tomb.
  4. A legal document.
  5. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
Translations:
  • French: mémorial
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  • German: Denkmal :de:Denkmal, (de), Monument :de:Monument, (de)
  • Spanish: monumento :es:monumento, (es)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, an important site owned by the community as a whole)
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    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, an exceptionally or prideful achievement)
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    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, an important burial vault)
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    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, a legal document)
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Etymology: From Latin monumentum, "memorial" < Latin monÄre, "to remind"

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