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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ston (“stone”) + henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɔːnˌ(h)ɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈstɔnˌ(h)ɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/
- (early) IPA(key): /ˈstɑːnˌ(h)ɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/
Proper noun
Stonhenge
- Stonehenge (a group of standing stones in in Wiltshire, England)
Descendants