Home › Words › T › terreneuvianterreneuvianterreneuvian · noun — the oldest stratigraphic series in the Cambrian geographic period.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom French terre (“land”) + French neuve (“new”) + -ian, from the location of the type locality used to characterize this series, in Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada.nounThe oldest stratigraphic series in the Cambrian geographic period.Synonym of Newfoundland French, a dialect of French found on the Island of Newfoundland, in Canada; on the French Shore.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).