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hettangian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-tan-gian
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The earliest age of the Jurassic period, from 199.3–201.3Ma

name

The corresponding lowest stage of the Jurassic system, marked by the lowest strata in which the neoammonite genus Psiloceras appears.

Etymology

From French Hettange, now Hettange-Grande, a commune in northeastern France, (German Hettingen, Luxembourgish (Lorraine Franconian) Hetténgen).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Schlotheimia angulata Alsatites liasicus Psiloceras planorbis

Frequently Paired Words

Schlotheimia angulata Alsatites liasicus Psiloceras planorbis

Questions

What does hettangian mean?
The earliest age of the Jurassic period, from 199.3–201.3Ma
Where does hettangian come from?
It is traced to French.

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