cleopatra's needle

Cleopatra's Needle

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Definitions of cleopatra's needle words

noun cleopatra's needle either of two Egyptian obelisks, originally set up at Heliopolis about 1500 bc: one was moved to the Thames Embankment, London, in 1878, the other to Central Park, New York, in 1880 3
noun cleopatra's needle either of two ancient Egyptian obelisks, one in London, the other in New York City, sent as gifts (1878) by the ruler of Egypt to England & the U.S. 3
noun cleopatra's needle an ancient Egyptian obelisk, now in Central Park, New York City. 1
noun cleopatra's needle an ancient Egyptian obelisk, now on the Thames River embankment, in London. 1

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