Terreneuvian

French terre (“land”) +‎ French neuve (“new”) +‎ -ian, from the location of the type locality used to characterize this series, in Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada.

Terreneuvian (uncountable)

1. The oldest stratigraphic series in the Cambrian geographic period.

Borrowed from French terreneuv(ien) +‎ -ian, from the location it is found, Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada. From French terre (“land”) and neuve (“new”).

Terreneuvian (uncountable)

1. Synonym of Newfoundland French, a dialect of French found on the Island of Newfoundland, in Canada; on the French Shore.

• terre-neuvien
• Terre-Neuvien