monument
/ˈmɒnjəmənt/ noun [C]Definition
REMEMBER › a building or other structure that is built to make people remember an event in history or a famous person: a national monument They built the statue as a monument to all the soldiers who died.
OLD PLACE › an old building or place that is important in history: an ancient monument
(Definition of monument noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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