Lias

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lias"

English

Etymology

See lias.

Proper noun

Lias

  1. (geology) A stratigraphic group from the lower Jurassic of Western Europe, consisting of thin layers of blue limestone.
  2. (geology, obsolete) The lower Jurassic.
  3. A surname.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan (Gascon dialect), from linières, plural of linière (“flax field”).

Proper noun

Lias ?

  1. A toponym in Caumont, Ariège
    Holonym: Caumont

References

  • 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.

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