menhir
noun/ˈmenhɪə(r)/
/ˈmenhɪr/
- a tall stone that was shaped and put up on one end in the ground by prehistoric people in western Europe synonym standing stoneWord Originmid 19th cent.: from Breton men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’.
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