Meaning

noun the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)

noun physical position in relation to the surroundings

noun a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

originFrom Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”). Doublet of sitio and situs.

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