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Taconic
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English
Alternative forms
en Taghkanic
Etymology
From en Tacony a certain river -ic. The river's name is borrowed from en unm tèkhane cold river, from unm tè cold in + unm -hàne river.tèkhane
Other early spellings include en Taughkannuc.
Proper noun
en mountain range r/New England c/USA; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.
en Taconic Mountains
en hamlet town:pref/Salisbury co/Litchfield County s/Connecticut.
en town s/New York c/USA.
en geology The geological process that resulted in the precursor to the modern Taconic mountain range and shaped much of the Appalachian range, or the time period in the early Silurian during which this occurred
en Taconic orogeny
Derived terms
en Taconic Mountains Taconic orogeny taconite
Adjective
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en geology Relating to the geological process which created the Taconic mountain range.
Translations
Asturian: ast tacónicu
Catalan: ca tacònic
Dutch: nl taconische
French: fr taconien
Galician: gl tacónico
German: de takonische
Italian: it taconiano
Spanish: es tacónico
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en accinot Occitan cantico