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Stonehenge

name
/stəʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ/UK/stoʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ/US

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Stonhenge, from ston (“stone”) + henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment"). More at Stonehenge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia The failure of /ɛnd͡ʒ/ to regularly raise to /ɪnd͡ʒ/, as in hinge, singe < Middle English henge, sengen, is probably due to the influence of the local dialect; compare the forms /ɛnd͡ʒ/, /sɛnd͡ʒ/ "hinge, singe" attested for the early 20th-century dialect of Pewsey, Wiltshire, approximately 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) from Stonehenge.

  1. inherited from Stonhenge

Definitions

  1. An ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Amesbury parish, Wiltshire,…

    An ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Amesbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1242).

    • The collection of rocks is a national landmark that looks something like a Stonehenge on the prairie.

  2. A number of localities elsewhere

    A number of localities elsewhere:

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