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scenery

/ˈsiːnəɹi/ noun

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  1. View, natural features, landscape.
  2. Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.

Origin

Earlier scenary, from scene + -ary, but now remodelled as scene + -ery.

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