Avebury

[ eyv-buh-ree ]

/ ˈeɪv bə ri /

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noun

Also A·bur·y

[ey-buh-ree] /ˈeɪ bə ri/ . a village in Wiltshire, England: site of one of the largest ceremonial megalithic structures in Europe.

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Words nearby Avebury

avaunt, A.V.C., avdp., ave, ave atque vale, Avebury, avec plaisir, Avedon, Aveiro, avel, Avellaneda

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How to use Avebury in a sentence

Both travellers discovered a common excitement at the mention of Avebury and Silbury Hill.
The Secret Places of the Heart|H. G. Wells
It was Dr. Martineau who presently brought this disquisition upon Avebury to a stop by a very remarkable gesture.
The Secret Places of the Heart|H. G. Wells
In the last part of this sentence the great doctor either forgets, or shows his ignorance of, the antiquities at Avebury.
Wanderings in Wessex|Edric Holmes
Avebury Church, just without the rampart, was originally a Saxon building, its aisles being Norman additions.
Wanderings in Wessex|Edric Holmes

The literature of Avebury, not quite so copious as that of the stones of the Plain, is also more diffident in its guessing.
Wanderings in Wessex|Edric Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for Avebury

Avebury

/ (ˈeɪvbərɪ) /

noun

a village in Wiltshire, site of an extensive Neolithic stone circle

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