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boundary stone

boundary stone noun: a stone marker, in use since ancient times, set to indicate the limits of property, jurisdiction, or territory, bearing inscriptions or symbols identifying the authority that placed it and that protected the region.

Noun

boundary stone (plural boundary stones)

  1. A stone marker, in use since ancient times, set to indicate the limits of property, jurisdiction, or territory, bearing inscriptions or symbols identifying the authority that placed it and that protected the region.
    • The boundary stones are of interest here because they were decorated with symbols of the gods, most of which correspond to planets or constellations.1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 11, column 2
    Synonyms:
    kudurru

boundary stone meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada

boundary stone in Tamil

எல்லைக் கல்

boundary stone in Telugu

boundary stone
ఎల్లరాయి ellarāyi

boundary stone in Kannada

ಎಲ್ಲೆಗಲ್ಲು, ಕಡಿಗಲ್, ಗಡಿಕಲ್ಲು, ಜಂಟಿಕಲ್ಲು, ಎಳೆಗಲ್ಲು

Synonyms of boundary stone

Forms of boundary stone

pluralboundary stones

Questions about boundary stone

What does boundary stone mean?
Boundary stone means a stone marker, in use since ancient times, set to indicate the limits of property, jurisdiction, or territory, bearing inscriptions or symbols identifying the authority that placed it and that protected the region.
What is boundary stone in Tamil?
Boundary stone in Tamil is எல்லைக் கல். See Boundary stone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is boundary stone?
Boundary stone is a noun.
What is the plural of boundary stone?
The plural of boundary stone is boundary stones.

Words near boundary stone in the dictionary

  1. boundary group
  2. boundary homomorphism
  3. boundary homomorphisms
  4. boundary rider
  5. boundary riders
  6. boundary stone
  7. boundary stones
  8. boundary term
  9. boundary terms
  10. boundary umpire
  11. boundary umpires

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boundary stone (page history and authors); boundary stone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఎల్లరాయి (Telugu) (page history and authors); boundary stone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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