Hercynian
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of Hercynian
C16: from Latin Hercynia silva the Hercynian forest (i.e., the wooded mountains of central Germany, esp the Erzgebirge)
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The above comprise all the mountain ranges in the northern hemisphere of any prominence, or which have received distinctive names, except the Hercynian Mountains, on the north-east limb, east of the walled plain Otto Struve.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
In eastern Europe the evidence is less complete, because the Hercynian folds are buried beneath more recent deposits and have in some cases been masked by the superposition of a later series of folds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
"The Bructerian, borderer on the Hercynian forest, came."
From The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus
Most of us will remember reading Caesar's description of the elks in the Hercynian forest, which slept leaning up against the trees because they had no joints in their legs.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan
Magnay wafts us away to the realms of pure romance, where the hard facts of a prosaic century are forgotten in the Hercynian Forest of two hundred years ago.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
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