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columnar.

marble quarry

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kɔˈɫʊm.nar]Classical-Latin[koˈlum.nar]
  1. marble quarry

    declension-3 · neuter
Where this word comes from

Substantivation of apocopated columnāre, nominative neuter singular of columnāris (“columnar”) or directly from columna + -ar. Columns were mostly made of marble, whence the name.

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