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Menhir vs Stelae - What's the difference?

menhir | stelae |

As nouns the difference between menhir and stelae

is that menhir is menhir while stelae is (archaeology).

menhir

English

(wikipedia menhir)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times.
  • * 1963 , Thomas Pynchon, V. :
    • no time has passed since we lived in caves, grappled with fish at the reedy shore, buried our dead with a song, with red-ochre and pulled up our dolmens, temples and menhirs and standing stones to the glory of some indeterminate god or gods [...].
  • * 1980 , Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers :
    • On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.

    stelae

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (head)
  • (archaeology)

    • See also

    * steles (the plural of stela's Greek-derived synonym stele ) * stelai (an alternative form of steles, from the Greek )

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