Newgrange

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A monument in County Meath, Ireland. A prehistoric neolithic monument, a circular ceremonial burial mound structure with astronomical alignments

  2. 2.

    A monument complex in County Meath, Ireland; containing the mound, other burial structures, various henges, and additional neolithic structures in the area. It is a World Heritage Site.

词源

From new + grange. From being located the fields referred to as the Newgrange demesne. From Calque of Latin Nova Grangia (“New Grange”). From nova+grangia. From being a new grange (“farm, farmland”) attached to the demesnes of the Cistercian Abbey of Mellifont during the Middle Ages.

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