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Relating to the geological process which created the Taconic mountain range.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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A mountain range in New England, United States; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Taconic Mountains
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A hamlet in the town of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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A town in New York, United States.
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The geological process that resulted in the precursor to the modern Taconic mountain range and shaped much of the Appalachian range, or the time period in the early Silurian during which this occurred
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: Taconic orogeny
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History
From Tacony (a certain river) + -ic. The river's name is borrowed from Unami tèkhane (literally “cold river”), from tè inan (“cold”) + -hàne (“river”). Other early spellings include Taughkannuc.
Across languages
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