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Word: Menhir
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: perhaps via French, from Breton, from men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛnhɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a tall upright stone of a kind erected in prehistoric times in western Europe.
Short Definition:tall upright stone of kind erected in prehistoric times in western Europe
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