Aftonian

adjective

Af·​to·​ni·​an

(ˈ)af-¦tō-nē-ən

: belonging to the first interglacial interval during the glacial epoch in North America

Word History

Etymology

Afton, town in Iowa + English -ian

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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