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columnar

Pronunciation: [kɔˈɫʊm.nar]

“columnar” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. marble quarry

Etymology

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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