Cronian

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UK/ˈkɹəʊ.ni.ən/US/ˈkɹoʊ.ni.ən/

adjective

Saturnian; applied to the Arctic Ocean.

OriginAncient Greek Κρόνος →
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Meanings

adjectiveCronian (not comparable)

alternative Kronian

  1. not comparablepoeticSaturnian; applied to the Arctic Ocean.

    As when two polar winds, blowing adverse / Upon the Cronian sea[…]

    1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
  2. not comparableastronomyRelated to the planet Saturn.
  3. not comparableRelated to Saturn (the god)

    The Cronian King

    1961, Edgar Leoni (translator), Nostradamus (original), Nostradamus: Life and Literature

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
kroniansaturnian

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΚρόνος“Saturn”
  2. EnglishCronian

Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos, “Saturn”) + English -ean.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Cronian

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Anagrams

CorinnaNicanorNorican
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APA

Cronian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cronian

MLA

“Cronian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cronian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cronian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cronian.

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