Elmenteitan

adjective

El·​men·​tei·​tan

¦elmən‧¦tātᵊn

: of or relating to an early Neolithic or Mesolithic culture of eastern Africa characterized by obsidian microliths

Word History

Etymology

Elmenteita Lake, Kenya + English -an

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