Legend and Monument

Legend

Legend noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Monument and legend are semantically related in inscription topic. In some cases you can use "Monument" instead a noun "Legend".

Nearby Word: legendary

Monument

Monument noun - A shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased.

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Synonyms for Monument

Legend and monument are semantically related in inscription topic. Sometimes you can use "Legend" instead a noun "Monument".

Nearby Words: monumental, monumentally

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How words are described

similar	similar legend	similar monument
short	short legend	short monument
famous	famous legend	famous monument
ancient	ancient legend	ancient monument
Other adjectives: new, well-known, mysterious, last, historical, eponymous.

Both words in one sentence

Over time, their legend fades, leaving the island and the museum on it as the only monument to them.Flash forward a half century or so.

Source: Manga / Bloody Maiden: Juusanki no Shima
The dog's name in that version was Gelert, the master Prince Llywelyn of Gwynedd, and to this day there's a village in Gwynedd called Beddgelert (Gelert's Grave, probably actually named after a now-forgotten local saint) with a monument on the grave site recounting the legend.

Source: Heroic Dog

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