Recent Examples on the WebToday's Washington, D.C. maintains L'Enfant's influence, and not just in the magnificent National Mall or spectacular domes and obelisks.—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024 On one side of the obelisk, a woman representing liberty carries a Phrygian cap atop a pole.—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024 But the designers evidently had fun, with the bright pink obelisk and the vinyl records that seemed to have been chosen for their tantalising covers.—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Feb. 2024 Two years ago, an obelisk erected in 1874 to mark the spot where Cook was killed, on Kealakekua Bay, was vandalized.—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for obelisk
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Word History
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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