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Orleanian

Orleanian adjective: of or relating to a period of geologic time 20 to 16 million years ago, within the Miocene, preceding the Astaracian age and following the Agenian age.

Adjective

Orleanian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a period of geologic time 20 to 16 million years ago, within the Miocene, preceding the Astaracian age and following the Agenian age.
  2. Of, or relating to Orleans, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Questions about Orleanian

What does Orleanian mean?
Orleanian means of or relating to a period of geologic time 20 to 16 million years ago, within the Miocene, preceding the Astaracian age and following the Agenian age.
What part of speech is Orleanian?
Orleanian is an adjective.

Words near Orleanian in the dictionary

  1. orlandiite
  2. Orlando
  3. Orlandoite
  4. orlay
  5. orle
  6. Orleanian
  7. Orleanism
  8. Orleans
  9. Orleans County
  10. Orleans Parish
  11. Orleans plum

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