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-henge

-henge suffix: used to refer to derivatives of Stonehenge.

Suffix

-henge

  1. Used to refer to derivatives of Stonehenge.
  2. The alignment of the sun at sunrise or sunset with a street, building, or other manmade structure on a particular day of the year.
    • Manhattanhenge
    • MIThenge

Origin of -henge

Back-formation from Stonehenge.

Questions about -henge

What does -henge mean?
-henge means used to refer to derivatives of Stonehenge.
What part of speech is -henge?
-henge is a suffix.

Words near -henge in the dictionary

  1. -heads
  2. -hedra
  3. -hedral
  4. -hedron
  5. -hedrons
  6. -henge
  7. -hod
  8. -holic
  9. -holism
  10. -hon
  11. -hood

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