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Cookian

Cookian adjective: of or relating to James Cook (1728?–1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and navy captain.

Adjective

Cookian (comparative more Cookian, superlative most Cookian)

  1. Of or relating to James Cook (1728?–1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and navy captain.
    • the Cookian limpet
    • the Cookian Strait

Forms of Cookian

comparativemore Cookian
superlativemost Cookian

Origin of Cookian

From Cook + -ian.

Questions about Cookian

What does Cookian mean?
Cookian means of or relating to James Cook (1728?–1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and navy captain.
What part of speech is Cookian?
Cookian is an adjective.

Words near Cookian in the dictionary

  1. cookfires
  2. Cookham
  3. Cookhill
  4. cookhouse
  5. cookhouses
  6. Cookian
  7. cookie
  8. cookie butter
  9. cookie butters
  10. cookie cutter
  11. cookie cutterish

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