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Visean

Visean proper noun: a subdivision of the Carboniferous period.

Proper noun

Visean

  1. A subdivision of the Carboniferous period.

Origin of Visean

Named in 1832 by Belgian geologist André Dumont, after the city of Visé in the Belgian province of Liège.

Questions about Visean

What does Visean mean?
Visean means a subdivision of the Carboniferous period.
What part of speech is Visean?
Visean is a proper noun.

Words near Visean in the dictionary

  1. viscuous
  2. viscus
  3. Viscuso
  4. Viscusos
  5. vise
  6. Visean
  7. vised
  8. Visegrád
  9. viseing
  10. viseite
  11. viselike

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