English Explanatory Dictionary

Arenig

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A time interval during the Lower Ordovician period.
  2. A locality in Llanycil community, Gwynedd, Wales, historically in Merionethshire (OS grid ref SH8339).

Word forms

Arenig

Etymology

The term was first used by Adam Sedgwick in 1847 with reference to the "Arenig Ashes and Porphyries" in the neighbourhood of Arenig Fawr, in Merioneth, North Wales.

Synonyms

Arenigian
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