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Laramide

Laramide adjective: of or relating to an orogeny (period of mountain-building) in western North America, starting in the Late Cretaceous period.

Adjective

Laramide (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to an orogeny (period of mountain-building) in western North America, starting in the Late Cretaceous period.

Origin of Laramide

Named after the Laramie Mountains of eastern Wyoming, USA.

Questions about Laramide

What does Laramide mean?
Laramide means of or relating to an orogeny (period of mountain-building) in western North America, starting in the Late Cretaceous period.
What part of speech is Laramide?
Laramide is an adjective.

Words near Laramide in the dictionary

  1. Larakias
  2. Laralia
  3. laraman
  4. Laramee
  5. Laramees
  6. Laramide
  7. Laramidia
  8. Laramie
  9. Laramie County
  10. Laramore
  11. Laramores

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