Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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stela | Yes | No | No | No |
Rosetta Stone | Yes | No | No | No |
stela (noun) | Rosetta Stone (noun) |
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an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics |