Etymology

Newgrange

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Today it means: A monument in County Meath, Ireland. A prehistoric neolithic monument, a circular ceremonial burial mound structure with astronomical alignments Full definition →

Latin Nova Grangia
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  1. Latin · calque ofNova Grangia“New Grange”
  2. English todayNewgrange

From new + grange. From being located the fields referred to as the Newgrange demesne. From Calque of Latin Nova Grangia (“New Grange”). From nova+grangia. From being a new grange (“farm, farmland”) attached to the demesnes of the Cistercian Abbey of Mellifont during the Middle Ages.

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