Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

younger dryas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: younger dryas
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The last stage of the Pleistocene epoch, lasting from circa 12,900 to 11,700 years BP.

Example Sentences

"The International Union of Geological Sciences recognises the Pleistocene as ending 11,764 years ago, because that is when the last advance of the ice - known as the Younger Dryas - ended."

Questions

What does younger dryas mean?: The last stage of the Pleistocene epoch, lasting from circa 12,900 to 11,700 years BP.

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