landmark

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
  2. noun an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
  3. noun a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land

Etymology

From Middle English *landmark, from Old English landmearc (“boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *landamarku (“boundary, landmark”). Equivalent to land + mark. Cognate with German Landmarke (“landmark”), Danish landemærke (“landmark”), Swedish landmärke (“landmark”), Norwegian landemerke (“landmark”) and Faroese landamark (“land frontier”). Compare also Middle English londes-mark (“boundary”).

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