Avebury
[ eyv-buh-ree ]
/ ˈeɪv bə ri /
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noun
Baron. Lubbock, Sir John.
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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Avebury
/ (ˈeɪvbərɪ) /
noun
a village in Wiltshire, site of an extensive Neolithic stone circle
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