Azilian

Azilian
/euh zeel"yeuhn, -ee euhn, euh zil"-/, adj.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an early Mesolithic culture of southern France and northern Spain.
[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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