Strontian

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Etymology[edit]

Place name is from Scottish Gaelic Sròn an t-Sìthein, "nose of the fairy hill", said to be inhabited by the mythological sìdhe.

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Strontian

  1. A small village in Scotland that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which was discovered there

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