Nakurann.adj.

Brit.

/naˈkuːrən/, U.S.

/nəˈkʊr(ə)n/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nakuru , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Lake Nakuru in Kenya + -an suffix.

Geology. Now rare.

A. n.

An East African pluvial period of the Pleistocene epoch, which followed the Makalian pluvial. Also with the.

ΚΠ

1929 L. S. B. Leakey & J. D. Solomon in Nature 6 July 9/1 In order to avoid the use of ordinals in referring to the Pluvial periods, we have proposed the following nomenclature for the Pluvial periods which we have so far recognised: [table] Old Name... Post-pluvial wet period... New Name... Nakuran.

1972 Ecol. Monogr. 42 499 A later wet phase, the Nakuran, may be represented by the small, fluctuating lake of the past 3,000 years.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating this pluvial period.

ΚΠ

1959 Geol. Mag. 96 266 The Nakuran climate can be accepted as probably wetter, or cooler, or both, than the climate of to-day.

1967 Nature 18 Nov. 673/2 There does not seem to be..sufficient evidence for the use of the terms Gamblian, Makalian and Nakuran to indicate climatic phases which may be correlated with possible pluvial or glacial phases from other parts of Africa and even Europe.

1968 Encycl. Brit. I. 283/1 Flint recognized evidence of..two post-Gamblian minor wet phases (Makalian and Nakuran).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nakuran
释义	Nakurann.adj. Brit. /naˈkuːrən/, U.S. /nəˈkʊr(ə)n/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nakuru , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of Lake Nakuru in Kenya + -an suffix. Geology. Now rare. A. n. An East African pluvial period of the Pleistocene epoch, which followed the Makalian pluvial. Also with the. ΚΠ 1929 L. S. B. Leakey & J. D. Solomon in Nature 6 July 9/1 In order to avoid the use of ordinals in referring to the Pluvial periods, we have proposed the following nomenclature for the Pluvial periods which we have so far recognised: [table] Old Name... Post-pluvial wet period... New Name... Nakuran. 1972 Ecol. Monogr. 42 499 A later wet phase, the Nakuran, may be represented by the small, fluctuating lake of the past 3,000 years. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating this pluvial period. ΚΠ 1959 Geol. Mag. 96 266 The Nakuran climate can be accepted as probably wetter, or cooler, or both, than the climate of to-day. 1967 Nature 18 Nov. 673/2 There does not seem to be..sufficient evidence for the use of the terms Gamblian, Makalian and Nakuran to indicate climatic phases which may be correlated with possible pluvial or glacial phases from other parts of Africa and even Europe. 1968 Encycl. Brit. I. 283/1 Flint recognized evidence of..two post-Gamblian minor wet phases (Makalian and Nakuran). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1929
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