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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024henge (henj),USA pronunciation n. [Archaeol.]- Archaeologya Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.
- 1730–40; back formation from Stonehenge, Middle English Stanenges, Stanheng, equivalent. to stan stone + -heng, probably origin, originally "something hanging''; compare hinge
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: henge /hɛndʒ/ n - a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages
Etymology: back formation from Stonehenge |