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Cleopatra's Needle

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See obelisk, 1.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • Either of two obelisks which were moved in ancient times from Heliopolis to Alexandria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.

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Examples

  • NEW YORK — An Egyptian archaeologist has chided New York City over the condition of Cleopatra's Needle, an ancient column in Central Park.

    City Draws Egypt's Ire AP 2011

  • The "Fitzmaurice," steamer, from Middlesbrough for Valencia, fell in with and recovered at sea the Cleopatra's Needle recovered Cleopatra's Needle, 90 miles north of Ferrol.

    Threading Cleopatra's Needle 2008

  • The "Fitzmaurice," steamer, from Middlesbrough for Valencia, fell in with and recovered at sea the Cleopatra's Needle recovered Cleopatra's Needle, 90 miles north of Ferrol.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Embankment, by the sight of Cleopatra's Needle, and the Thought that it will no doubt witness the Fall of the British, as it has that of other Empires, remaining to point its Moral, as old as

    Trivia Logan Pearsall Smith 1907

  • Pillar and Cleopatra's Needle, and other wonderful things in the neighbourhood, of which I will not bother my readers with a description.

    Paddy Finn William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • An Egyptian archaeologist has chided New York City over the condition of Cleopatra's Needle, an ancient column in Central Park.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • He also chided New York City over the condition of Cleopatra's Needle, an ancient column in Central Park.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Christopher Torchia 2011

  • Veteran drummer Tootsie Bean kicking the group playing an organ blues with Texan guitar wiz Matt Smith and young talented Brett Ryan on alto sax at New York jazz club / restaurant Cleopatra's Needle.

    recent posts - blip.tv (beta) 2009

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