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Merimdian
adjective
Me·rim·di·an
\mə̇ˈrimdēən\
variants: or
Merimdean
\mə̇ˈrimdēən\Definition of Merimdian
: of or relating to an early Neolithic Egyptian culture of about 5000–4000 b.c. characterized by agriculture, animal husbandry, pottery, working in gold and silver, loom-weaving, coiled basketry, pit houses, and boats made of bundles of papyrus
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Origin and Etymology of merimdian
Merimdeh, ruins on the western branch of the Nile in the Delta west of Ashmun, Egypt + English -an
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