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Arenig

Arenig proper noun: a time interval during the Lower Ordovician period.

arenig: a time interval during the Lower Ordovician period
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Proper noun

Arenig

  1. A time interval during the Lower Ordovician period.
    Synonyms:
    Arenigian
  2. A locality in Llanycil community, Gwynedd, Wales, historically in Merionethshire (OS grid ref SH8339).

Synonyms of Arenig

Origin of Arenig

The term was first used by Adam Sedgwick in 1847 with reference to the "Arenig Ashes and Porphyries" in the neighbourhood of Arenig Fawr, in Merioneth, North Wales.

Questions about Arenig

What does Arenig mean?
Arenig means a time interval during the Lower Ordovician period.
What part of speech is Arenig?
Arenig is a proper noun.

Words near Arenig in the dictionary

  1. arenicolous
  2. arenide
  3. arenides
  4. areniferous
  5. areniform
  6. Arenig
  7. Arenigian
  8. arenilitic
  9. arenimycin
  10. arenimycins
  11. arenisation

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