Amri

adjective

Am·​ri

ˈäm(ˌ)rē

: of or belonging to the earliest known stone-using and shell-using culture of the Indus river system which extends also into the Sind and southern Baluchistan and is characterized by a distinctive pottery

Word History

Etymology

from Amri, town in Sind province, Pakistan, its type station

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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