"Ediacaran" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɛdiˈakəɹən/ [UK] Audio: En-Ediacaran.ogg
Etymology: From Ediacara + -an. After the Ediacara Hills in South Australia; from an Australian Aboriginal term (details disputed). See Ediacara Hills on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Ediacara|an}} Ediacara + -an, {{pedia|Ediacara Hills#Word origin|Ediacara Hills}} Ediacara Hills on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Ediacaran (not comparable)
  1. (geology) Of a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 620 to 542 million years ago. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Geology Translations (of a geologic period from about 620 to 542 million years ago): ediakara (Esperanto), ediacarakautinen (Finnish), Ediakara (Hungarian), ediacarano [masculine] (Italian), ediacárico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Ediacaran-en-adj-N78Azt4h Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ɛdiˈakəɹən/ [UK] Audio: En-Ediacaran.ogg
Etymology: From Ediacara + -an. After the Ediacara Hills in South Australia; from an Australian Aboriginal term (details disputed). See Ediacara Hills on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Ediacara|an}} Ediacara + -an, {{pedia|Ediacara Hills#Word origin|Ediacara Hills}} Ediacara Hills on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ediacaran
  1. (geology) The Ediacaran period. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (Ediacaran period): ediakaro (Esperanto), ediacara (Estonian), ediacarakausi (Finnish), Εδιακαρανική (Ediakaranikí) [feminine] (Greek), ediacarano [masculine] (Italian), ediacárico [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Ediacaran-en-name-wt9CGeZH Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛdiˈakəɹən/ [UK] Audio: En-Ediacaran.ogg Forms: Ediacarans [plural]
Etymology: From Ediacara + -an. After the Ediacara Hills in South Australia; from an Australian Aboriginal term (details disputed). See Ediacara Hills on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Ediacara|an}} Ediacara + -an, {{pedia|Ediacara Hills#Word origin|Ediacara Hills}} Ediacara Hills on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ediacaran (plural Ediacarans)
  1. An organism that lived in the Ediacaran period.
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