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Vinony

Permian

adjective

  1. last period of Paleozoic Era
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːmɪən/ / /ˈpɝmɪən/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English Perm Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Permian From Perm + -ian.

  1. Pertaining to the Perm region of Russia, or its inhabitants.
  2. Pertaining to their language; Permic.
  3. Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago.

    “‘In many ways modern art was a culture of the beach. They say it's the light, the special quality of quartz in the Permian rock.’”

name

Etymology: Etymology tree English Perm Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Permian From Perm + -ian.

  1. The Permian period.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English Perm Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Permian From Perm + -ian.

  1. An inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples, including Komis and Udmurts, who speak Permic languages.