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Little Optimum

Little Optimum proper noun: synonym of Medieval Warm Period.

Proper noun

the Little Optimum

  1. Synonym of Medieval Warm Period
    • Meteorologists describe this medieval warm epoch as the ‘Little Optimum’, and they cite it as the explanation of such phenomena as the Viking explosion into Russia, France, Iceland, and the northwestern Atlantic.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 139

Synonyms of Little Optimum

Questions about Little Optimum

What does Little Optimum mean?
Little Optimum means synonym of Medieval Warm Period.
What part of speech is Little Optimum?
Little Optimum is a proper noun.

Words near Little Optimum in the dictionary

  1. little old
  2. little old me
  3. little ole
  4. little one
  5. little ones
  6. Little Optimum
  7. Little Osage
  8. Little Ouse
  9. little owl
  10. little owls
  11. Little Packington

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