monument

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A structure built to remember a person or event.

   There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in the war.

2. 2
   noun

   A famous old building or place that is protected because of its importance.

   Stonehenge is one of Britain's most visited ancient monuments.

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”).

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