Algoman

adjective

Al·​go·​man

variants or less commonly Algomian or Algomic

: of or relating to the mountain-making movements and granitic intrusion commonly referred to the middle of the Proterozoic era

Word History

Etymology

Algoma, district in Ontario, Canada + English -an or -ian or -ic

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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