Cleopatra's Needle

American  

noun

1. an ancient Egyptian obelisk, now in Central Park, New York City.

2. an ancient Egyptian obelisk, now on the Thames River embankment, in London.

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Cleopatra's Needle British  

/ -ˈpɑː-, ˌkliːəˈpætrəz /

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

“Did you make all that stuff up? Do you expect me to believe that people used to pee on Cleopatra’s Needle when it was in Egypt? And that they gave it to us as a present? For free? Weren’t ships a lot smaller back in those days? How did they find one big enough to hold this thing? And how did they get the obelisk onto a ship anyway?”

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“What happened after Cleopatra’s Needle got to Staten Island? How did Gorringe get it here, in the middle of Central Park?”

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An ancient Egyptian obelisk called “Cleopatra’s Needle” is coming to New York City!

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I’m going to pester my parents so they’ll take me to see Cleopatra’s Needle when it arrives.

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I’ll write a report for school about Cleopatra’s Needle.

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