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Stone·henge (stōn′henj′)

noun

a circular arrangement of prehistoric megaliths on Salisbury Plain, England, probably set up in the Neolithic period

Etymology: ME stonheng < ston, stone + OE henge, (something) hanging: for IE base see hang

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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