Maastrichtian

adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone from Maastricht countable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Maastricht.
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the Maastrichtian Age geological period.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The dialect of the Limburgish language as spoken in Maastricht
  2. 2
    in the ICS geologic timescale, the last stage or age of the Cretaceous period, and of the Mesozoic era, preceded by the Campanian and succeeded by the Danian period.

Etymology

From Maastricht + -ian.

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