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Word: Orogen
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s: from Greek oros ‘mountain’ + -gen
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɒrədʒ(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a belt of the earth's crust involved in the formation of mountains.
Short Definition:belt of earth's crust involved in formation of mountains
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