Laurentian

Meanings

Adjective

• Relating to a Precambrian geological region in eastern Canada, or the period of its formation.
• Relating to the Laurentian Mountains.
• Pertaining to, or near, the Saint Lawrence River.
• Relating to Lorenzo de' Medici, or to the Laurentian Library in Florence named after him.

Noun

• A resident of Saint Laurent.
• A resident of the Saint Lawrence Valley.
• A resident of the Laurentian Mountains.

Proper Noun

• An extinct Iroquoian language of Canada.
• The Laurentian period.

Related

Similar words

• St. Lawrence Iroquoian

Origin

• From Latin Laurentius + -ian, after the Saint Lawrence River.