Etymology

Zanclean

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Today it means: A geological subdivision, the earliest age of the Pliocene epoch. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Ζάγκλη
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΖάγκλη
  2. English todayZanclean

From Ancient Greek Ζάγκλη (Zánklē), the name originally given to the city of Messina, Sicily, by its ancient Greek founders. (Compare Messinian, the preceding age.)

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