magnesia

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See also: Magnesia and magnésia

English

Etymology

From Middle English magnesia, from Late Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), a name of several cities (in Thessaly, Lydia, and Asia Minor). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesium, and manganese, and related to magnet.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmæɡˈniʒə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧sia
  • Rhymes: -iːʒə

Noun

magnesia (countable and uncountable, plural magnesias)

  1. (mineralogy) magnesium oxide
    • 1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volumes 7-8, page 133:
      The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin magnesia.

Noun

magnesia f (plural magnesie)

  1. (mineralogy) magnesia

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

magnēsia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of magnēsium

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía).

Noun

magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) magnesia
    Synonyms: magnesiumkarbonat, magnesiumoksid

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía).

Noun

magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) magnesia
    Synonyms: magnesiumkarbonat, magnesiumoksid

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία (λίθος) (Magnēsía (líthos), “(stone of) Magnesia”), name of several minerals from the region in Asia Minor.

Noun

magnesia f (plural magnesias)

  1. (mineralogy) magnesia

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