Terreneuvian
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
French terre (“land”) + French neuve (“new”) + -ian, from the location of the type locality used to characterize this series, in Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada.
Noun[edit]
Terreneuvian (uncountable)
- The oldest stratigraphic series in the Cambrian geographic period.
Translations[edit]
Cambrian series
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Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French terreneuv(ien) + -ian, from the location it is found, Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada. From French terre (“land”) and neuve (“new”).
Noun[edit]
Terreneuvian (uncountable)
- Synonym of Newfoundland French, a dialect of French found on the Island of Newfoundland, in Canada; on the French Shore.
Translations[edit]
Newfoundland French
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