Maastrichtian

English

Etymology

Maastricht +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Maastrichtian (comparative more Maastrichtian, superlative most Maastrichtian)

Of or pertaining to Maastricht.
Of or pertaining to the Maastrichtian Age geological period.

Translations

pertaining to Maastricht

Dutch: Maastrichts (nl), Maastrichter (nl)
Esperanto: mastriĥta
French: maastrichtien (fr) m/maastrichtienne f
Latin: maastrichtensis (New Latin)

Noun

Maastrichtian (plural Maastrichtians)

(countable) Someone from Maastricht

Translations

denizen of Maastricht

Dutch: Maastrichtenaar (nl) m, Maastrichtse (nl) f
Esperanto: mastriĥtano
French: Maastrichtien (fr) m/Maastrichtienne f

Proper noun

Maastrichtian

The dialect of the Limburgish language as spoken in Maastricht
(geology) 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.

Translations

geological age

Dutch: maastrichtien (nl) n
French: Maastrichtien (fr) m

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