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Noachian

/nəʊˈeɪkɪən/

Noachian adjective: pertaining to Noah or his time.

Adjective (1)

Noachian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to Noah or his time.
    • At the next meeting he was back on a geological topic illustrated by maps, diagrams and specimens, and the following year he spoke on "The Noachian Deluge, universal with regard to man, but very restricted with regard to the earth"[.]1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 47
    • The victims of the Noachian flood would add another 20 million or so to the total.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 13

Adjective (2)

Noachian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the earliest Martian geological time period characterized by large craters.

Proper noun

the Noachian

  1. The Noachian geological period.

Origin of Noachian

From Noach (“variant of Noah”) + -ian.

From Latin Noachis + -ian (after Etymology 1, above).

Phrases with Noachian

Questions about Noachian

What does Noachian mean?
Noachian means pertaining to Noah or his time.
What part of speech is Noachian?
Noachian can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Noachian?
Noachian is pronounced /nəʊˈeɪkɪən/ (UK).

Words near Noachian in the dictionary

  1. No. 11
  2. noa
  3. NOAA
  4. NOAA Corps
  5. NOAC
  6. Noachian
  7. Noachian epoch
  8. Noachic
  9. Noachical
  10. Noachide
  11. Noachides

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