In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]
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Silurian
//sɪˈlʊɚ.i.ən//
Synonyms for "silurian" (4 found)
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Translations
24 translations across 15 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 志留紀 /志留纪 name (Silurian period)
Czech
1 entries- silur name (Silurian period)
Dutch
2 entries- silurisch adj (of period from 439 to 409 million years ago)
- silluur name (Silurian period)
Estonian
1 entries- silur name (Silurian period)
Finnish
2 entries- siluurikautinen adj (of period from 439 to 409 million years ago)
- siluurikausi name (Silurian period)
German
2 entries- silurisch adj (of period from 439 to 409 million years ago)
- Silur name (Silurian period)
Greek
1 entries- Σιλούρια name (Silurian period)
Hungarian
1 entries- szilur name (Silurian period)
Irish
2 entries- siolúrach adj (of period from 439 to 409 million years ago)
- an Siolúrach name (Silurian period)
Japanese
1 entries- シルル紀 name (Silurian period)
Mongolian
4 entries- Силурийн галав name (Silurian period)
- Силурын галав name (Silurian period)
- ᠰᠢᠯᠤᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ name (Silurian period)
- ᠰᠢᠯᠦ᠋ᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ name (Silurian period)
Portuguese
2 entries- siluriano adj (of period from 439 to 409 million years ago)
- siluriano name (Silurian period)
Russian
2 entries- силу́р name (Silurian period)
- силури́йский пери́од name (Silurian period)
Spanish
1 entries- Silúrico name (Silurian period)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kỉ Xi-lua name (Silurian period)
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