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Terreneuvian en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From French terre (“land”) + French neuve (“new”) + -ian, from the location of the type locality used to characterize this series, in Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The oldest stratigraphic series in the Cambrian geographic period.

Translations (1)

fr Terreneuvien (Cambrian series)

Terreneuvian en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from French terreneuv(ien) + -ian, from the location it is found, Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada. From French terre (“land”) and neuve (“new”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of Newfoundland French, a dialect of French found on the Island of Newfoundland, in Canada; on the French Shore.

Relateds

Terre-Neuvien · terre-neuvien

Synonyms

Newfoundland French

Translations (1)

fr terreneuvien (Newfoundland French)