name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
greenstone
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name
Meaning 2
A municipality in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
The pounamu, the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by the Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From green + stone.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ido: diabaso — minerals used for making early Mesoamerican artefacts
- Welsh: gwyrddfaen — minerals used for making early Mesoamerican artefacts
- Ido: diabaso — minerals used for Māori artefacts
- Māori: pounamu — minerals used for Māori artefacts
- Welsh: gwyrddfaen — minerals used for Māori artefacts
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