Stonehenge

English <dab!> thumb|350px|Stonehenge Alternative forms en Stonage obsolete Etymology en enm Stonhenge, from enm ston henge stone hinge 1 or enm hengen "hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment". More at en Stonehenge#Etymology The failure of /ɛnd͡ʒ/ to regularly raise to /ɪnd͡ʒ/, as in en hinge, en singe < enm henge, enm sengen, is probably due to the influence of the local dialect; compare the forms /ɛnd͡ʒ/ /sɛnd͡ʒ/ "hinge, singe" attested for the early 20th-century dialect of Pewsey Pewsey, Wiltshire,1903 The Dialect of Pewsey (Wiltshire), with a Glossarial Index of the Words Treated John Kjederqvist The Philological Society London 39 §71 https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/The_Dialect_of_Pewsey_Wiltshire/LWUdAQAAMAAJ approximately 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) from Stonehenge. Pronunciation en /stəʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Stonehenge.wav Southern England en /stoʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ/ US Proper noun en ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in par/Amesbury co/Wiltshire cc/England OS grid ref SU1242. Autumn Spanne Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/crazy-rock-formations 2018-07-17 The collection of rocks is a national landmark that looks something like a Stonehenge on the prairie. https://web.archive.org/web/20251217005651/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/crazy-rock-formations 17 December 2025 en 2025-01-22 Paul Clifton New study urges investment in West of England line RAIL 1027 6-7 Within weeks of winning the General Election in July 2024, the government halted a planned tunnel for the A303 past Stonehenge in Wiltshire. It stated that the £2 billion scheme was "poor value for money". The West of England line carries a tiny fraction of the volumes on the parallel road [A303], and Stonehenge is a nationally notorious bottleneck. en 2026-08-24 Stonehenge Stonehenge was constructed in several phases, beginning about 3100 BC and continuing until about 1600 BC. The famous circle of large sarsen stones was placed between 2600 BC and 2400 BC. A number of localities elsewhere: en rurmun in south p/Saskatchewan c/Canada the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge No. 73. en town par/Saint James c/Jamaica. en locality c/Australia: en locality in the carea/Glen Innes Severn north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en An outback <<town>> in the <<shire:Pref/Barcoo>>, <<s/Queensland>>. en rural locality in r:Suf/Toowoomba s/Queensland. en rural locality carea/Southern Midlands s/Tasmania. Meronyms en bluestone bluestones en trilithon trilithons en sarsen sarsens Derived terms en Manhattanhenge henge -henge Translations ancient group of standing stones in England Arabic: ar سْتُونْهِنْج m Armenian: hy Սթոունհենջ Assamese: as ষ্ট'নহেঞ্জ Azerbaijani: az Stounhenc Bashkir: ba Стоунһендж Belarusian: be Стоўнхе́ндж m Bengali: bn স্টোনহেঞ্জ Bulgarian: bg Стоунхе́ндж Burmese: my စတုန်းဟင်းချ် Cherokee: chr ᏅᏯ ᏙᏗᎦᏙᎬ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 巨石陣 geoi6 sek6 zan6 Mandarin: cmn 巨石陣 Jùshízhèn Dhivehi: dv ސްޓޯންހެންޖް Finnish: fi Stonehenge French: fr Stonehenge m Old French: fro Stounhenges Georgian: ka სტოუნჰენჯი German: de Stonehenge n Greek: el Στόουνχεντζ Hebrew: he סטונהנג' Hindi: hi स्टोनहॅन्ज Irish: ga Cór an Curadhí Italian: it Stonehenge Japanese: ja ストーンヘンジ Sutōnhenji Kannada: kn ಸ್ಟೋನ್ ಹೆಂಜ್ Kazakh: kk Стоунхендж Korean: ko ^스톤헨지 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ستۆنھێنج Latvian: lv Stonhendža Lithuanian: lt Stounhendžas Macedonian: mk Стоунхенџ Malayalam: ml സ്റ്റോൺഹെഞ്ച് Marathi: mr स्टोनहेंज Mongolian: mn Стоунхенж Nahuatl: nah Stonehenge, nah tetl yahualli, nah hueyi tetl maxitlaztli Nepali: ne स्टोनहेज Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِسْتُوْن‌هِنْج Portuguese: pt Stonehenge Punjabi: pa ਸਟੋਨਹੈਂਜ Western Punjabi: pnb سٹونہنج Russian: ru Стоунхе́ндж m Stounxɛ́ndž Serbo-Croatian: sh Стонехенге m Spanish: es Stonehenge m Tamil: ta ஸ்டோன் ஹெஞ்ச் Thai: th สโตนเฮนจ์ sàdtohnhen Ukrainian: uk Стоунхе́ндж Urdu: ur اسٹون ہینج Veps: vep Stounhendž Welsh: cy Côr y Cewri m References Anagrams en eeeghnnost entheogens Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor en:Stonehenge + 1 Proper noun m en Stonehenge ancient group of standing stones in England