Stonehenge

//stoʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ// name

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  1. 1
    An ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Amesbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1242).

    "The collection of rocks is a national landmark that looks something like a Stonehenge on the prairie."

  2. 2
    A number of localities elsewhere:; A rural municipality in south Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge No. 73.
  3. 3
    A number of localities elsewhere:; A town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.
  4. 4
    A number of localities elsewhere:; A locality in Australia:; A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. 5
    A number of localities elsewhere:; A locality in Australia:; An outback town in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland.
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  1. 6
    A number of localities elsewhere:; A locality in Australia:; A rural locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
  2. 7
    A number of localities elsewhere:; A locality in Australia:; A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania.

Example

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"When my family arrived in London, we decided to tour the city itself, instead of going to Stonehenge."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Stonhenge, from ston (“stone”) + henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment"). More at Stonehenge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia The failure of /ɛnd͡ʒ/ to regularly raise to /ɪnd͡ʒ/, as in hinge, singe < Middle English henge, sengen, is probably due to the influence of the local dialect; compare the forms /ɛnd͡ʒ/, /sɛnd͡ʒ/ "hinge, singe" attested for the early 20th-century dialect of Pewsey, Wiltshire, approximately 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) from Stonehenge.

Related phrases

salisbury plainstanding stone

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