Laurentian (French: ''Laurentides'' or ''Laurentien'') may refer to: *Relation to

Saint Lawrence Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. "Laurel wreath, laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the Persecution of Christians, perse ...

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North America * Laurentide Ice Sheet, the continental glacier covering much of North America during the Pleistocene Epoch *Relating to the Saint Lawrence River Canada * Laurentia, the craton at the heart of the North American continent *

Canadian Shield The Canadian Shield (french: Bouclier canadien ), also called the Laurentian Plateau, is a geologic shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. It forms the North American Craton (or Laurentia), the anc ...

, also known as the ''Laurentian Shield'' or the ''Laurentian Plateau''. * Laurentian Divide, also known as the ''"Northern Divide"'', a continental divide in North America * Laurentian Mountains in Quebec * Laurentian Upland *

Laurentian Abyss The Laurentian Fan or Laurentian Abyss is an underwater depression off the eastern coast of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean. Not a trench, but more of an "underwater valley", it is estimated to be at most ~19,685 feet (3.7 miles; 6.0 km) in depth. The ...

or ''Abyssal'' – a trench off the eastern coast of Canada * Laurentides, administrative region in Quebec * Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, in Quebec * Saint-Lin–Laurentides, a municipality in Quebec * Laurentien (Quebec City) (in French: quartier "Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides"), a borough in Quebec City, Quebec * Laurentian, Ontario, a neighbourhood within Valley East, Ontario

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Laurentian University Laurentian University (french: Université Laurentienne), officially the Laurentian University of Sudbury, is a mid-sized Bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, incorporated on March 28, 1960. Lau ...

in Sudbury, Ontario * Laurentian Bank of Canada *

Laurentian language Laurentian, or St. Lawrence Iroquoian, was an Iroquoian language spoken until the late 16th century along the shores of the Saint Lawrence River in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada. It is believed to have disappeared with the extinction ...

, a language in the Iroquoian family of languages * Laurentian French, the variety of the French language spoken in Canada * Laurentian Codex, a Russian manuscript *

Laurentian library The Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana or BML) is a historic library in Florence, Italy, containing more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books. Built in a cloister of the Medicean Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze ...

or Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana of Florence, Italy * ''Laurentian'' (train), operated by the Delaware & Hudson * Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, member of the Dutch royal family * Laurentien (art supplies), a Canadian brand of art supplies * Laurentian Society, a student society of Trinity College, Dublin University * Laurentian Consensus, a Canadian political theory

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