Miozän

German

Alternative forms

• Miocän

Etymology

From older Miocän, borrowed from English Miocene. Ultimately from Ancient Greek μείων (meíōn, “less; smaller”) and Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “fresh, new”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mioˈt͡sɛːn]

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• Hyphenation: Mi‧o‧zän

Proper noun

das Miozän n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Miozäns)

1. Miocene (The first geological epoch of the Neogene Period that extends from about 23.03 to 5.333 million years ago.)

   das Miozän ist der ältere Abschnitt des Neogens ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of Miozän [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Miozän
genitive	des	Miozäns
dative	dem	Miozän
accusative	das	Miozän

Meronyms

• Messinium, Tortonium, Serravallium, Langhium, Burdigalium, Aquitanium

Holonyms

• Neogen
• Tertiär (obsolete, but still informally used)
  • Känozoikum

Coordinate terms

• Pliozän

Derived terms

• miozänisch