LAURENTIAN


Meaning of LAURENTIAN in English

lȯˈrench(ē)ən adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Latin Laurenti us Lawrence (in sense 1 representing the St. Lawrence River, southern Quebec and southeast Ontario, Canada, and in sense 2 representing D. H. Lawrence died 1930 English novelist) + English -an

1.

a. : of, relating to, or near the St. Lawrence river

Laurentian hills

b. : of or relating to mountain-making movements of the Archeozoic era — see geologic time table

2. : of or relating to D. H. Lawrence

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.