"megalith" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛɡəlɪθ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɛɡəˌlɪθ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-megalith.wav Forms: megaliths [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *méǵh₂s From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + -lith (suffix meaning ‘stone’), a back-formation from megalithic probably modelled after monolith. from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|méǵh₂s}} PIE word *méǵh₂s, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|stone slab}} sense 1.1, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{confix|en|mega|lith|pos1=prefix meaning ‘very large, great’|pos2=suffix meaning ‘stone’}} mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + -lith (suffix meaning ‘stone’), {{back-formation|en|megalithic|nocap=1}} back-formation from megalithic, {{der|en|grc|λίθος|t=stone}} Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} megalith (plural megaliths)
  1. (archaeology)
    A large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument.
    Categories (topical): Archaeology Translations (large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument): megaliet (Afrikaans), جندل (Arabic), মেগালিথ (megalith) (Bengali), мегалит (megalit) (Bulgarian), 巨石 (jùshí) (Chinese Mandarin), megalit [common-gender] (Danish), megaliet [masculine] (Dutch), megalito (Esperanto), megaliit (Estonian), megaliitti (Finnish), kivipaasi (Finnish), mégalithe [masculine] (French), anta [masculine] (Galician), arca [feminine] (Galician), forno [masculine] (Galician), mégalito (Galician), მეგალითი (megaliti) (Georgian), Megalith [masculine] (German), מגלית [masculine] (Hebrew), महापाषाण (mahāpāṣāṇ) (Hindi), megalito (Ido), megalit (Indonesian), megalitho (Interlingua), megalite [masculine] (Italian), megalito [masculine] (Italian), 巨石 (kyoseki) (alt: きょせき) (Japanese), мегалит (megalit) [masculine] (Macedonian), megalit (Malay), महापाषाण (mahāpāṣāṇ) (Marathi), megálito [masculine] (Portuguese), megalit [masculine] (Romanian), tursa (english: standing stone) (Scottish Gaelic), මහාශිලා (mahāśilā) (Sinhalese), megalit (Slovene), megalito [masculine] (Spanish), mégalit (Sundanese), megalit (Swedish), megalit (Turkish), мегалі́т (mehalít) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cự thạch (Vietnamese), megalith (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-megalith-en-noun-en:stone_slab Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mega-, English terms suffixed with -lith, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Aragonese translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Sinhalese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Sundanese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation 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  2. (archaeology)
    A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones.
    Categories (topical): Archaeology Translations (prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones): megalito (Aragonese), meqalit (Azerbaijani), megalito (Basque), megàlit [masculine] (Catalan), megalit (Czech), megalit [common-gender] (Danish), megaliet [masculine] (Dutch), megalito (Esperanto), megaliit (Estonian), megaliitti (Finnish), mégalithe [masculine] (French), megálito [masculine] (Galician), anta [masculine] (Galician), Megalith [masculine] (German), Megalithbau [masculine] (German), Megalithbauwerk [neuter] (German), meigilit (Irish), 巨石記念物 (kyosekikinenbutsu) (alt: きょせききねんぶつ) (Japanese), 거석기념물 (geoseokginyeommul) (alt: 巨石記念物) (Korean), megalitas (Lithuanian), megalitt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), megalitt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), megalit (Occitan), megálito [masculine] (Portuguese), мегали́т (megalít) [masculine] (Russian), tursa (english: standing stone) (Scottish Gaelic), megalit (Slovak), megalito [masculine] (Spanish), мегалі́т (mehalít) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cự thạch (Vietnamese), megalyt (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-megalith-en-noun-7or9Ny-H Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mega- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 44 40 16 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones': 14 83 3
  3. (by extension) A large stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure. Tags: broadly Translations (large stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure): megaliitti (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: orthostat, standing stone, talayot Holonyms: dolmen Derived forms: megalithical, megalithically, megalithism Related terms: megalithic (english: first attested earlier than megalith), menhir, microlith, monolith, polylith, Stonehenge

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    },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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    }
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  ],
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      "word": "orthostat"
    },
    {
      "word": "standing stone"
    },
    {
      "word": "talayot"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "megalithic"
    },
    {
      "word": "menhir"
    },
    {
      "word": "microlith"
    },
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      "word": "monolith"
    },
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      "word": "polylith"
    },
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      "word": "Stonehenge"
    }
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "slab",
          "slab#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "making up",
          "make up"
        ],
        [
          "prehistoric",
          "prehistoric"
        ],
        [
          "monument",
          "monument#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaeology)",
        "A large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument."
      ],
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      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Archaeology"
      ],
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        "A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones."
      ],
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        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaeology)",
        "A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
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          "block#Noun"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "modern",
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        [
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          "structure#Noun"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) A large stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛɡəlɪθ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛɡəˌlɪθ/",
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megaliet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "جندل"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "megalith",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "মেগালিথ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "megalit",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "мегалит"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùshí",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "巨石"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megaliet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megaliit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megaliitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "kivipaasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mégalithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forno"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "mégalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "megaliti",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "მეგალითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Megalith"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מגלית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahāpāṣāṇ",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "महापाषाण"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalitho"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalite"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょせき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyoseki",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "巨石"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "megalit",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мегалит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "mahāpāṣāṇ",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "महापाषाण"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megálito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "english": "standing stone",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "tursa"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "mahāśilā",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "මහාශිලා"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "mégalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mehalít",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мегалі́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "cự thạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalith"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "meqalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megàlit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megaliet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megaliit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megaliitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mégalithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megálito"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Megalith"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Megalithbau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Megalithbauwerk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "meigilit"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょせききねんぶつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyosekikinenbutsu",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "巨石記念物"
    },
    {
      "alt": "巨石記念物",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geoseokginyeommul",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "거석기념물"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megalitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megálito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "megalít",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мегали́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "english": "standing stone",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "tursa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mehalít",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мегалі́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "cự thạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
      "word": "megalyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure",
      "word": "megaliitti"
    }
  ],
  "word": "megalith"
}

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