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ar⋅te⋅sian

  [ahr-tee-zhuhn]
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–adjective
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
Origin:
1820–30; < F artésien pertaining to Artois (OF Arteis Artois + -ien -ian ), after the wells of this kind in the region
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Word Origin & History

artesian 
1830, from Fr. puits artésien "wells of Artois," French province where such wells were first bored 18c. by Bélidor (1698-1761), from O.Fr. Arteis, from Atrebates, a tribe who lived in northwestern Gallia.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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