Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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†VALENTIAN, adj. Geol. Referring to the beds forming the lowest rocks of the Silurian system in S. Scot. (1876 C. Lapworth Catal. Western Sc. Fossils 2).
[From Valentia, the Roman name of Southern Scot. formed into a province of the Empire in A.D. 368, called after the Emperor Valentinian.]
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