Lias
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lias"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See lias.
Proper noun
[edit]Lias
- (geology) A stratigraphic group from the lower Jurassic of Western Europe, consisting of thin layers of blue limestone.
- (geology, obsolete) The lower Jurassic.
- A surname.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Occitan (Gascon dialect), from linières, plural of linière (“flax field”).
Proper noun
[edit]Lias ?
References
[edit]- Michel Grosclaude et Jean-Francois Le Nail, intégrant les travaux de Jacques Boisgontier, Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarbes, Conseil Général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000, 348 p.