"megalith" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛɡəlɪθ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɛɡəˌlɪθ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-megalith.wav [Southern-England] 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. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*méǵh₂s}} *méǵh₂s, {{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, {{m|en|monolith}} monolith 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 Disambiguation of English back-formations: 64 22 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 16 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 44 40 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -lith: 60 29 11 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument': 79 16 5
  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)
    Sense id: en-megalith-en-noun-BUFDR3WY Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mega- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 44 40 16 Disambiguation of 'large stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure': 7 4 89
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

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "megàlit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
          "word": "megalit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "megalit"
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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          "word": "megaliit"
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          "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
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          "word": "mégalithe"
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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          "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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        {
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          "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
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          "word": "거석기념물"
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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          "word": "megalit"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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          "word": "tursa"
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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          "word": "megalit"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones",
          "word": "cự thạch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megaliet"
    },
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      "word": "جندل"
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jùshí",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "巨石"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
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      "word": "megalit"
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      "word": "megaliet"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalito"
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mégalithe"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "anta"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
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      "word": "arca"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "forno"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "mégalito"
    },
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      "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"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "מגלית"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahāpāṣāṇ",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "महापाषाण"
    },
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalito"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
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      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalitho"
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      "code": "it",
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      "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"
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    {
      "alt": "きょせき",
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      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "巨石"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "megalit",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "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",
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      "roman": "mahāpāṣāṇ",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "महापाषाण"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "megálito"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "megalit"
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      "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"
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      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "mahāśilā",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "මහාශිලා"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument",
      "word": "megalit"
    },
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      "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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