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Namurian

adjective
Na·mu·ri·an | \nəˈm(y)u̇rēən\

Definition of Namurian 

: of or relating to a division of the Upper Carboniferous

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History and Etymology for Namurian

Namur, town and province in Belgium + English -ian

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