"ancient monument" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ancient monuments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ancient monument (plural ancient monuments)
  1. an old or ancient building or other structure, or a site of historical interest that is usually looked after by an official organization. Wikipedia link: ancient monument Categories (topical): Archaeology, Buildings and structures Translations (ancient building, structure or site): fortidsminde [neuter] (Danish), fornminne [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fortidsminne [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fornminne [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fortidsminne [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zabytek [masculine] (Polish), fornlämning [common-gender] (Swedish), fornminne [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ancient_monument-en-noun-u0cooiN5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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