"historic site" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: historic sites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} historic site (plural historic sites)
  1. a place where an important event in history took place
    Sense id: en-historic_site-en-noun-dPWVuXWP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 85 15
  2. a physical location protected by law as a memorial to an historic event or person Translations (legally protected place): lieu historique [masculine] (French), โบราณสถาน (boo-raan-ná-sà-tǎan) (Thai), об'єкт культурної спадщини (obʺjekt kulʹturnoji spadščyny) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-historic_site-en-noun-7EHFbE~i Disambiguation of 'legally protected place': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (significant location in history): monument historique [masculine] (French), lieu historique [masculine] (French), โบราณสถาน (boo-raan-ná-sà-tǎan) (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'significant location in history': 46 54

Inflected forms

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