Lias
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lias"
English
editEtymology
editSee lias.
Proper noun
editLias
- (geology) A stratigraphic group from the lower Jurassic of Western Europe, consisting of thin layers of blue limestone.
- (geology, obsolete) The lower Jurassic.
- A surname.
Derived terms
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editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Occitan (Gascon dialect), from linières, plural of linière (“flax field”).
Proper noun
editLias ?
References
edit- Michel Grosclaude et Jean-Francois Le Nail, intégrant les travaux de Jacques Boisgontier, Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarbes, Conseil Général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000, 348 p.