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artesian

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ar⋅te⋅sian

[ahr-tee-zhuhn]
–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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