landmark

landmark
landmark [land′märk΄]
n.
1. any fixed object used to mark the boundary of a piece of land
2. any prominent feature of the landscape, as a tree or building, serving to identify a particular locality
3. an event, discovery, etc. considered as a high point or turning point in the history or development of something
vt.
to designate (a building, site, etc.) as a landmark, esp. an official historic landmark
landmarking
n.

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