Nanyukian

adjective

Nan·​yu·​ki·​an

(ˈ)nän¦yükēən

: of or belonging to an Upper Pleistocene culture of Kenya, East Africa, typified by a slightly modified Acheulean industry

Word History

Etymology

Nanyuki, town in Kenya + English -an

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