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land·mark

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–noun

1.	a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, esp. to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.

2.	something used to mark the boundary of land.

3.	a building or other place that is of outstanding historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance, often declared as such and given a special status (landmark designation), ordaining its preservation, by some authorizing organization.

4.	a significant or historic event, juncture, achievement, etc.: The court decision stands as a landmark in constitutional law.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to declare (a building, site, etc.) a landmark: a movement to landmark New York's older theaters.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE landmearc. See land, mark¹

]

—Synonyms 4. milestone, watershed, benchmark.

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land·mark Audio Help (lānd'märk') Pronunciation Key
n.

A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.
A fixed marker, such as a concrete block, that indicates a boundary line.
An event marking an important stage of development or a turning point in history.
A building or site with historical significance, especially one marked for preservation by a municipal or national government.

adj. Having great import or significance: a landmark court ruling.

tr.v. land·marked, land·mark·ing, land·marks
To accord the status of a landmark to; declare to be a landmark.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
landmark

O.E. landmearc, from land (n.) + mearc (see mark). Originally "object set up to mark the boundaries of a kingdom, estate, etc." Modern fig. sense of "event, etc., considered a high point in history" is from 1859.

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landmark
noun
1.	the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark"
2.	an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend; "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
3.	a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
4.	an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈlandmark1 noun

an object on land that serves as a guide to seamen or others
Example: The church-tower is a landmark for sailors because it stands on the top of a cliff.

Arabic:	عَلامَه
Chinese (Simplified):	界标
Chinese (Traditional):	界標
Czech:	orientační bod
Danish:	vartegn
Dutch:	oria antatiepunt
Estonian:	orientiir
Finnish:	maamerkki
French:	(point de) repère
German:	das (See)Zeichen
Greek:	ορόσημο
Hungarian:	tereptárgy, iránypont
Icelandic:	kennileiti, leiðarmark
Indonesian:	tanda pengenal medan
Italian:	punto di riferimento*

Japanese:	目じるし
Korean:	(항행의 길잡이가 되는) 안표, 육표
Latvian:	orientieris
Lithuanian:	orientyras
Norwegian:	landemerke, kjennetegn
Polish:	punkt orientacyjny
Portuguese (Brazil):	marco, ponto de referência
Portuguese (Portugal):	marco
Romanian:	(punct de) reper
Russian:	наземный ориентир
Slovak:	orientačný bod
Slovenian:	orientacijski znak
Spanish:	marca, señal
Swedish:	landmärke
Turkish:	nirengi noktası

ˈlandmark2 noun

an event of great importance

Arabic:	مَعْلَم، حَدَث عظيم
Chinese (Simplified):	里程碑
Chinese (Traditional):	里程碑
Czech:	historická událost
Danish:	milepæl
Dutch:	mijlpaal
Estonian:	pöördepunkt
Finnish:	virstanpylväs
French:	date mémorable
German:	der Markstein
Greek:	ορόσημο, σταθμός (μτφ.)
Hungarian:	határkő
Icelandic:	tímamót, þáttaskil
Indonesian:	peristiwa penting
Italian:	(pietra miliare)

Japanese:	画期的な事件
Korean:	획기적인 사건
Latvian:	pagrieziena punkts; raksturīga iezīme
Lithuanian:	žymus įvykis, gairė
Norwegian:	milepæl
Polish:	punkt zwrotny
Portuguese (Brazil):	marco
Portuguese (Portugal):	marco
Romanian:	moment hotărâtor
Russian:	веха
Slovak:	historická udalosť
Slovenian:	mejnik
Spanish:	hito
Swedish:	milstolpe
Turkish:	önemli olay, dönüm noktası

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Landmark

Land"mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See Land, and Mark a sign.]

1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any, mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.

2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.

Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or conditions are determined.

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