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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Monument \Mon"u*ment\, noun [F., fr. L. monumentum, fr. monere to remind, admonish. See {Monition}, and cf. {Moniment}.]
1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. --Philips.
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. --Shak.
2. A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.
On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. --Shak.
3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.
4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. --Foxe.
Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
monument
noun
1: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: {memorial}]
2: an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn: {repository}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
137 Moby Thesaurus words for "monument": antenna tower, arch, archives, barbican, barrow, belfry, bell tower, bench mark, bookmark, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, campanile, carving, catstone, cenotaph, colossus, column, commemorate, commemoration, cromlech, cross, cup, cupola, cyclolith, derrick, doll, dolly, dolmen, dome, dummy, evidence, example, exemplar, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurine, fire tower, footstone, gingerbread man, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, landmark, lantern, lay figure, ledger, lighthouse, lightship, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette, mark, marker, martello, martello tower, mast, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, milepost, milestone, minaret, model, monolith, monumentalize, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, observation tower, pagoda, pharos, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, plaque, platform, pole, portrait bust, prize, puppet, pylon, pyramid, record, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, scarecrow, sculpture, seamark, shaft, shrine, skyscraper, snowman, spire, standpipe, statuary, statue, statuette, steeple, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, television mast, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, tomb, tombstone, tope, tour, tower, tribute, trophy, turret, watchtower, water tower, wax figure, waxwork, windmill tower, witness, wood carving
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MONUMENT, noun A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
The bones of Agammemnon are a show, And ruined is his royal monument,
but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the unknown dead" -- that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of those who have left no memory.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Monument, CO (town, FIPS 51800) Location: 39.07013 N, 104.85712 W Population (1990): 1020 (460 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80132 Monument, KS Zip code(s): 67747 Monument, NM Zip code(s): 88265 Monument, OR (city, FIPS 49750) Location: 44.81998 N, 119.41880 W Population (1990): 162 (78 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97864
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Monument, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado Population (2000): 1971 Housing Units (2000): 770 Land area (2000): 4.626053 sq. miles (11.981421 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.626053 sq. miles (11.981421 sq. km) FIPS code: 51800 Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08 Location: 39.081024 N, 104.862491 W ZIP Codes (1990): 80132 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Monument, CO Monument
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Monument, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon Population (2000): 151 Housing Units (2000): 81 Land area (2000): 0.537367 sq. miles (1.391775 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.537367 sq. miles (1.391775 sq. km) FIPS code: 49750 Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41 Location: 44.819870 N, 119.420866 W ZIP Codes (1990): 97864 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Monument, OR Monument
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Monument, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 133 Housing Units (2000): 55 Land area (2000): 0.190680 sq. miles (0.493858 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.190680 sq. miles (0.493858 sq. km) FIPS code: 50760 Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42 Location: 41.110388 N, 77.703334 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Monument, PA Monument
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