landmark

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A well-known building or feature that is easy to recognize and helps people find their way.

   The clock tower is a famous landmark in the city.

2. 2
   noun

   A very important event or stage in the development of something.

   The discovery was an important landmark in human history.

From Middle English *landmark, from Old English landmearc (“boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *landamarku (“boundary, landmark”). Equivalent to land + mark. Cognate with German Landmarke (“landmark”), Danish landemærke (“landmark”), Swedish landmärke (“landmark”), Norwegian landemerke (“landmark”) and Faroese landamark (“land frontier”). Compare also Middle English londes-mark (“boundary”).

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