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A⋅zil⋅ian

  [uh-zeel-yuhn, -ee-uhn, uh-zil-]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an early Mesolithic culture of southern France and northern Spain.
Origin:
1895–1900; named after Mas d'Azil, village in Ariège, S France, near where remains of the culture were found; see -ian
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A·zil·ian   (ə-zĭl'yən)   
adj.  Of or relating to a Mesolithic western European culture.

[After le Mas d' Azil, a village of southern France.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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