From ancient times

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What men have built here and there,  and people have looked up and climbed.

English: tower

Italian: torre

Dutch: toren

Spanish: torre

German: Turm

French: tour

Portuguese: torre

Japanese: 塔（とう）[tou]

Chinese: 塔  [tǎ]
 
Korean: 탑[tab]

Hindi: मीनार   [ Mīnāra]

Swahili: mnara

Russian: башня

Arabic: برج [burju]