Definition of Hercynian. Meaning of Hercynian. Synonyms of Hercynian

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Hercynian. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Hercynian and, of course, Hercynian synonyms and on the right images related to the word Hercynian.

Definition of Hercynian

Hercynian
Hercynian Her*cyn"i*an, a. [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. ? ?.] Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.

Meaning of Hercynian from wikipedia

- The Hercynian Forest was an ancient and dense forest that stretched across Western Central Europe, from Northeastern France to the Carpathian Mountains...
- Look up Hercynian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hercynia is a name for the ancient Hercynian Forest. Hercynia or Hercynian may also refer to: 458...
- The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia)...
- Rhenohercynian Zone or Rheno-Hercynian zone in structural geology describes a fold belt of west and central Europe, formed during the Hercynian orogeny (about 350 to 280...
- territory of France were raised during several tectonic episodes like the Hercynian uplift in the Paleozoic Era, during which the Armorican M****if, the M****if...
- and magmatic rocks that were metamorphosed and/or deformed during the Hercynian or Variscan orogeny (400 to 280 million years ago) and the earlier Cadomian...
- Anglo-Belgian Basin, and the Ardennes uplands in the southeast to the Hercynian orogenic belt. The Paris Basin reaches a small fourth area at Belgium's...
- "The Hungry Hercynian" is a fantasy short story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, part of his Pusadian series. It was first published in the magazine...
- Location of the Hercynian/Variscan/Alleghanian mountain chains in the Carboniferous period. Large labels are continents that joined during these orogenies...
- Hercinia is a legendary bird with glowing feathers that inhabited the Hercynian Forest of ancient Germany. The hercinia is depicted in Medieval bestiaries...