"geoglyph" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒiːə(ʊ)ɡlɪf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈd͡ʒiːəɡlɪf/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-geoglyph.wav [Received-Pronunciation], en-us-geoglyph.mp3 [General-American] Forms: geoglyphs [plural]
Etymology: From geo- (“the Earth; geography”) + glyph (“figure carved in relief or incised”), modelled after petroglyph. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*glewbʰ-}}, {{prefix|en|geo|glyph|t1=the Earth; geography|t2=figure carved in relief or incised}} geo- (“the Earth; geography”) + glyph (“figure carved in relief or incised”), {{m|en|petroglyph}} petroglyph Head templates: {{en-noun}} geoglyph (plural geoglyphs)
  1. (chiefly archaeology) A large-scale drawing or image made on the ground by arranging lines of stones, scratching the earth, etc., and often only fully visible from a distance or the air. Wikipedia link: Uffington White Horse Categories (topical): Archaeology Hyponyms: crop circle Derived forms: geoglyphic Translations (large-scale drawing on the ground): գեոգլիֆ (geoglif) (Armenian), geoqlif (Azerbaijani), гео́гліф (hjeóhlif) (Belarusian), geoglif [masculine] (Catalan), geoglyf (Czech), geoglyf [common-gender] (Danish), geoglief (Dutch), geoglüüf (Estonian), geoglyfi (Finnish), géoglyphe [masculine] (French), xeóglifo [masculine] (Galician), გეოგლიფი (geoglipi) (Georgian), Geoglyph [masculine] (German), Geoglyphe [feminine] (German), γεωγλυφικό (geoglyfikó) [neuter] (Greek), γεώγλυφο (geóglyfo) (Greek), גאוגליף (Hebrew), geoglifa (Hungarian), geoglifo [masculine] (Italian), 地上絵 (chijōe) (alt: ちじょうえ) (Japanese), ジオグリフ (Japanese), геоглиф (geoglif) (Kazakh), 지상화 (jisanghwa) (Korean), geoglifas (Lithuanian), geoglyf (Norwegian Bokmål), geoglyf (Norwegian Nynorsk), geoglif [masculine] (Polish), geoglifo [masculine] (Portuguese), geóglifo [masculine] (Portuguese), гео́глиф (geóglif) [masculine] (Russian), геоглиф [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), geoglif [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), geoglifo [masculine] (Spanish), geoglyf (Swedish), геогліф (heohlif) (Ukrainian)

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          "text": "Initially crop circles were just that, circles. However, over the years they have evolved into complex and elaborate pictograms – such as the recent ‘Mayan’ circle at West Kennet Long Barrow. Hence, some prefer to speak of them as ‘geoglyphs’. This shift from ‘crop circle’ to ‘geoglyph’ follows a change in their interpretation. Whereas the circle was understood simply to indicate alien presence, the pictogram has led to a belief in explicit communication.",
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          "ref": "2020 July 1, Carly Minsky, “How AI helps historians solve ancient puzzles”, in Financial Times, retrieved 2021-04-12",
          "text": "IBM Japan and Yamagata University last year presented the first geoglyph — a large human-made ancient formation or design on the ground — identified by AI.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large-scale drawing or image made on the ground by arranging lines of stones, scratching the earth, etc., and often only fully visible from a distance or the air."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "crop circle"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ],
        [
          "large-scale",
          "large-scale"
        ],
        [
          "drawing",
          "drawing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "image",
          "image#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ground",
          "ground#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "arranging",
          "arrange"
        ],
        [
          "lines",
          "line#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "stones",
          "stone#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "scratching",
          "scratch#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "fully",
          "fully"
        ],
        [
          "visible",
          "visible"
        ],
        [
          "distance",
          "distance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly archaeology) A large-scale drawing or image made on the ground by arranging lines of stones, scratching the earth, etc., and often only fully visible from a distance or the air."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Uffington White Horse"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒiːə(ʊ)ɡlɪf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒiːəɡlɪf/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-geoglyph.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-geoglyph.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-geoglyph.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (RP)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-geoglyph.mp3",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/En-us-geoglyph.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/En-us-geoglyph.mp3/En-us-geoglyph.mp3.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "geoglif",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "գեոգլիֆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoqlif"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hjeóhlif",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "гео́гліф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geoglif"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglyf"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "geoglyf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglief"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglüüf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglyfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "géoglyphe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeóglifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "geoglipi",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "გეოგლიფი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geoglyph"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geoglyphe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "geoglyfikó",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γεωγλυφικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "geóglyfo",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "γεώγλυφο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "גאוגליף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglifa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geoglifo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちじょうえ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chijōe",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "地上絵"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "ジオグリフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "geoglif",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "геоглиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jisanghwa",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "지상화"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglifas"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglyf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglyf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geoglif"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geoglifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geóglifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "geóglif",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гео́глиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "геоглиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "geoglif"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geoglifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "geoglyf"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "heohlif",
      "sense": "large-scale drawing on the ground",
      "word": "геогліф"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geoglyph"
}

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