Crossword clues for stela
stela
- Carved slab
- Stone marker
- Stone memorial
- Carved stone pillar
- Pillar serving as a monument
- Memorial marker
- Why don't we put up a standing stone?
- Fresh tales required for long-standing column
- Commemorative stone
- Upright pillar
- Inscribed monument (Var.)
- Inscribed stone
- Inscribed marker
- Ancient stone marker
- Pillar of stone
- Inscribed stone pillar
- Inscribed stone column
- Greek pillar
- Ancient upright stone slab
- Inscribed pillar (Var.)
- Grave monument
- Grave maker
- Ancient stone slab
- Inscribed pillar of stone
- Easter Island head, e.g.
- Commemorative pillar
- Grave marker
- Inscribed column
- Carved pillar (Var.)
- Marked pillar
- Inscribed stone slab
- The Rosetta Stone is one
- An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
- Monument pillar
- Epitaph stone
- Engraved pillar (Var.)
- Inscribed slab
- Stone pillar
- Gravestone, perhaps
- Roman burial stone
- Stone slab
- Pillarlike monument
- Commemorative slab
- Ornamental stone slab
- Burial stone (Var.)
- Stone monument
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stela \Ste"la\, n.; pl. Stel[ae]. [L., from Gr. ? a post, an upright stone.] (Gr. Antiq.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaeology English) an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone
WordNet
n. an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: stele]
Wikipedia
Stela may refer to:
- Latinised singular stela of stele, a kind of stone monument
- Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010
Stela is a Croatian film directed by Petar Krelja. It was released in 1990.
Stela is a Romanian feminine given name. Notable persons with that name include:
- Stela Perin (born 1934), Romanian artistic gymnast
- Stela Popa (born 1982), Moldovan journalist and author
- Stela Popescu (born 1935), Romanian actress
- Stela Pura (born 1971), Romanian swimmer
Usage examples of "stela".
In the Long Count, the system of dating used on stelae, this date would be written as 12 baktuns, 18 katuns, 10 tuns, 13 uinals, and 15 kins, designating this day as being 1,861,475 days since the starting point from which the Maya count time.
STELA went nuts, the alarm claxons screeching, the monitors saying there were fires all over the ship, and hull breaches on the cargo hold and three subdecks below it.
As regards the Saite period, we are beginning to accumulate many stelae recording gifts to a god of land or houses, made either by the king or by private individuals.
The grave goods included a few crude stelae with incised crosses and other Christian insignia, proving what we had suspected from the nature of the burials themselvesthat they were those of Copts.
I ran to help the workman who was guiding the northwest corner of the stela, clinging to the guy rope and planting my heels in the mud in a vain effort to stop sliding.
On either side were wooden stelae, resembling huge totem poles or the pillars of a pagan temple.