Laurentian

Meanings

1. Relating to a Precambrian geological region in eastern Canada, or the period of its formation.
2. Relating to the Laurentian Mountains.
3. Pertaining to, or near, the Saint Lawrence River.
4. Of or pertaining to Canada as a whole.

1. A resident of Saint Laurent.
2. A resident of the Saint Lawrence Valley.
3. A resident of the Laurentian Mountains.

1. An extinct Iroquoian language of Canada.
2. The Laurentian period.

1. Relating to Lorenzo de' Medici, or to the Laurentian Library in Florence named after him.

Etymology

From Latin Laurentius (“Laurence”) + -ian, after the Saint Lawrence River. Piecewise doublet of Laurencian and Lawrentian; compare also lawrencium.

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