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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Aurignacian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɑɹ-/ (General-American)
- /ˌɔɹɪnˈjeɪʃən/ (General-American)
- /oʊɹ-/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Aurignac + -ian, after the French town of Aurignac, where remains from the culture were found.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) From or pertaining to a culture of the Upper Paleolithic, located in Europe and southwest Asia from circa 45,000 to 35,000 years ago, known from archaeological remains.
Aurignacian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˌɑɹ-/ (General-American)
- /ˌɔɹɪnˈjeɪʃən/ (General-American)
- /oʊɹ-/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Aurignac + -ian, after the French town of Aurignac, where remains from the culture were found.
Meanings
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A member of the Aurignacian culture.
While the Aurignacians were capable hunters of the largest mammals, they were not equipped with the specialist flint points characteristic of later European cultures.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 218:
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