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Cromerian

Cromerian proper noun: a stage in the Pleistocene glacial history of northwestern Europe, mostly occurring more than half a million years ago.

Proper noun

Cromerian

  1. A stage in the Pleistocene glacial history of northwestern Europe, mostly occurring more than half a million years ago.

Origin of Cromerian

From Cromer + -ian, after the East Anglian town of Cromer where interglacial deposits that accumulated during part of this stage were first discovered.

Questions about Cromerian

What does Cromerian mean?
Cromerian means a stage in the Pleistocene glacial history of northwestern Europe, mostly occurring more than half a million years ago.
What part of speech is Cromerian?
Cromerian is a proper noun.

Words near Cromerian in the dictionary

  1. Cromdale
  2. crome
  3. Crome syndrome
  4. cromed
  5. Cromer
  6. Cromerian
  7. cromes
  8. cromeski
  9. cromeskis
  10. cromesqui
  11. cromesquis

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