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Cleopatra's Needle

either of two ancient Egyptian obelisks, one in London, the other in New York City, sent as gifts (1878) by the ruler of Egypt to England & the U.S.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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