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The restaurant itself is long gone and most of the area looks very different, having been rebuilt after the bombing during the Second World War, but there’s an obelisk marking the spot just a few yards from Odeonsplatz square, upon which the club’s founding document is mounted.—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 June 2025 But others, especially in remote areas, are marked only by monuments, like an obelisk or strategically placed rocks.—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2025 Herrera stopped to survey the landscape, beside an old obelisk monument marking the borderline.—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 26 May 2025 In its original location, the obelisk towered over the banks of the Nile.—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for obelisk
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Etymology
borrowed from Latin obeliscus "four-sided pillar," borrowed from Greek obelískos "skewer, four-sided pillar," diminutive of obelós "spit, four-sided pillar" — more at obelus
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