Hesperian

American  

[he-speer-ee-uhn] / hɛˈspɪər i ən /

adjective

1. western; occidental.

2. of or relating to the Hesperides.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of a western land.

Hesperian British  

/ hɛˈspɪərɪən /

adjective

1. poetic western

2. of or relating to the Hesperides

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of a western land

Etymology

Origin of Hesperian

1540–50; < Latin Hesperi ( us ) of, toward the West (< Greek hespérios western, derivative of hésperos evening, Hesperus ) + -an

Example Sentences

He makes wine in Napa Valley, selling small amounts of an expensive cabernet sauvignon under the Hesperian label and larger amounts of a more moderately priced cabernet under the Anatomy label.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2020

Late Noachian/Early Hesperian or younger age indicates that clay mineral formation on Mars extended beyond Noachian time.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2014

Above the clays, a little further up the mountain, the rover should find sulphate salts, which relate to the Hesperian Era - a time when Mars was still wet but beginning to dry out.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2012

And it’s not clear whether Mars had a northern ocean during the late Hesperian, the period about 3.4 billion years ago, when Rodriguez and his colleagues suggest these tsunamis occurred.

From National Geographic

But his unstinted enjoyment of this Hesperian paradise lasted for little more than two short weeks.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston