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Cincinnatian

proper noun

  1. person from or a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
  2. a stage (451–443.7 Ma ago) of the Late Ordovician of North America, generally equivalent to the Middle Caradoc to terminal Ashgill, preceded by the Mohawkian and followed by the Rhuddanian
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  1. like that of Cincinnatus
L1408492 on Wikidata ↗
  1. of or belonging to the town of Cincinnati in Ohio
  2. in geology designating a series of rocks in eastern North America of the Upper Ordovician period, exposed in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the epoch covered by their formation
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Cincinnati + -an.

  1. Of or pertaining to the city of Cincinnati in Ohio.

name

Etymology: From Cincinnati + -an.

  1. An epoch from 451 to 443.7 ± 1.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician.

noun

Etymology: From Cincinnati + -an.

  1. An inhabitant of Cincinnati.

    While Fortescue Cuming could entertain a cabinful of young men with a violin in 1807, Frances Trollope noted that Cincinnatians organized formal balls for young people of quality twenty years later.