circum-Tyrrhenian

adjective

Surrounding the Tyrrhenian Sea or relating to the regions surrounding it.

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Meanings

adjectivecircum-Tyrrhenian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSurrounding the Tyrrhenian Sea or relating to the regions surrounding it.

    [...] the circum-Tyrrhenian orogenic belt.

    1960, Excursion in Sicily, page 47
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    Let us begin with the circum-Tyrrhenian sedimentary basins.

    1981, Sedimentary Basins of Mediterranean Margins, page 47

    [...] the circum-Tyrrhenian area, which has undergone several cycles of distension and convergence, with associated mantle melting, consumption of lithospheric slabs and mantle contamination.

    2004, A Showcase of the Italian Research in Petrology, page 233

Origin

From circum- + Tyrrhenian.

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Translations

French circumtyrrhénien
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Italian circumtirreno
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APA

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Chicago

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