Etymology

guyot

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guyot · noun1

Coined by Harry Hammond Hess circa 1965 due to their similar appearance to Guyot Hall, the flat-topped geology building at Princeton University, which was in turn named after Swiss-American geologist Arnold Henry Guyot.

Guyot · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromGuyot
  2. English todayGuyot

Borrowed from French Guyot.

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