LAURENTIAN


Meaning of LAURENTIAN in English

/law ren"sheuhn/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to the St. Lawrence River.

2. Geol. noting or pertaining to the granite intrusions and orogeny in Canada around the Great Lakes during Archeozoic time.

[ 1860-65; Laurenti ( us ) Lawrence (orig. adj., equiv. to Laurent ( es ) men of Laurentum + -ius -IOUS) + -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .