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Acroceraunian
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English
Etymology
From en la Acroceraunius, from en grc ἄκρος high, heights + grc κεραυνός thunderbolt.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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en archaic Of or relating to the Ceraunian Mountains.
Arethusa 157 Arethusa arose / From her couch of snows / In the Acroceraunian mountains,——
The Lightning-Rod Man What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof.
Translations
relating to the mountain range
Portuguese: pt acroceráunio
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