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Cleopatra's Needle

noun

  1. an ancient Egyptian obelisk, now in Central Park, New York City.
  2. an ancient Egyptian obelisk, now on the Thames River embankment, in London.


Cleopatra's Needle

/ -ˈpɑː-; ˌkliːəˈpætrəz /

noun

  1. either of two Egyptian obelisks, originally set up at Heliopolis about 1500 bc : one was moved to the Thames Embankment, London, in 1878, the other to Central Park, New York, in 1880


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