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Madelenian

Madelenian is the alternative form of Magdalenian.

Meaning of Magdalenian

Adjective

Magdalenian (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the late Paleolithic culture typical of La Madeleine, c. 17000 to 12000 BCE.
    • As the Sistine Chapel expresses the flowering of the culture of the Renaissance, so Lascaux expresses the flowering of the culture of the Magdalenians.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 120

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Questions about Madelenian

What is Madelenian the alternative form of?
Madelenian is the alternative form of Magdalenian.

Words near Madelenian in the dictionary

  1. Madej
  2. Madejs
  3. Madelaine
  4. madeleine
  5. madeleines
  6. Madelenian
  7. Madeley
  8. Madelina
  9. Madeline
  10. Madelung
  11. Madelung constant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Madelenian (page history and authors); Magdalenian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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