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Hopewellian

Hopewellian adjective: relating to the Hopewell tradition, a network of Native American civilisations that engaged in exchange, flourishing during the first half of the first millennium CE.

Adjective

Hopewellian (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Relating to the Hopewell tradition, a network of Native American civilisations that engaged in exchange, flourishing during the first half of the first millennium CE.

Origin of Hopewellian

From Hopewell + -ian, after Mordecai Hopewell, whose family owned the property where the earthworks are sited.

Questions about Hopewellian

What does Hopewellian mean?
Hopewellian means relating to the Hopewell tradition, a network of Native American civilisations that engaged in exchange, flourishing during the first half of the first millennium CE.
What part of speech is Hopewellian?
Hopewellian is an adjective.

Words near Hopewellian in the dictionary

  1. Hopetoun Park
  2. Hopetown
  3. hopeward
  4. Hopewell
  5. Hopewell Junction
  6. Hopewellian
  7. Hopewells
  8. Hopey McChange
  9. Hopf
  10. Hopf algebra
  11. Hopf algebras

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