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Laramide

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Etymology

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Named after the Laramie Mountains of eastern Wyoming, USA.

Adjective

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Laramide (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Of or relating to an orogeny (period of mountain-building) in western North America, starting in the Late Cretaceous period.