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Stenian

Stenian proper noun: the final geologic period in the Mesoproterozoic Era, from 1200 million to 1000 million years ago.

Proper noun

Stenian

  1. The final geologic period in the Mesoproterozoic Era, from 1200 million to 1000 million years ago.
    • The supercontinent Rodinia assembled during the Stenian.

Origin of Stenian

From Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow”).

Questions about Stenian

What does Stenian mean?
Stenian means the final geologic period in the Mesoproterozoic Era, from 1200 million to 1000 million years ago.
What part of speech is Stenian?
Stenian is a proper noun.

Words near Stenian in the dictionary

  1. Stenhouse
  2. Stenhousemuir
  3. Stenhouses
  4. Stenhousian
  5. stenhuggarite
  6. Stenian
  7. Stenlake
  8. Stenlakes
  9. stenlock
  10. stenlocks
  11. Stennett

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