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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or being a Paleolithic culture of northern Africa and southern Europe.

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  • adjective archaeology of or pertaining to a Paleolithic culture of North Africa (named after primary findings there, in the now southern Tunisian oasis Gafsa) and southern Europe

Etymologies

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[French capsien, from Latin Capsa, Gafsa, a town of west-central Tunisia.]

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From French capsien, from Latin Capsianus, from Capsa ("Gafsa") + -ianus ("-ian").

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