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noun
- 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.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- An exceptionally or prideful achievement.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- A legal document.
- 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)
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(trans-top, an important site owned by the community as a whole)
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(trans-top, an exceptionally or prideful achievement)
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(trans-top, an important burial vault)
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(trans-top, a legal document)
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Etymology: From Latin monumentum, "memorial" < Latin monÄre, "to remind"
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