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Dinantian

Dinantian proper noun: a series or epoch from the Lower Carboniferous system in western Europe between 359.2 to 326.4 million years ago.

Proper noun

Dinantian

  1. A series or epoch from the Lower Carboniferous system in western Europe between 359.2 to 326.4 million years ago.

Origin of Dinantian

Dinant + -ian, after the Belgian city of Dinant.

Questions about Dinantian

What does Dinantian mean?
Dinantian means a series or epoch from the Lower Carboniferous system in western Europe between 359.2 to 326.4 million years ago.
What part of speech is Dinantian?
Dinantian is a proper noun.

Words near Dinantian in the dictionary

  1. dinali
  2. Dinalupihan
  3. Dinan
  4. dinanderie
  5. Dinant
  6. Dinantian
  7. dinaphthalene
  8. dinaphthalenes
  9. dinaphthyl
  10. dinaphthyls
  11. Dinapigue

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