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, a city name in Thessaly, Lydia, and Asia Minor.

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  • Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧sia
  • Rhymes: -iːʒə

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magnesia (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) magnesium oxide

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Italian

Noun

magnesia f (plural magnesie)

  1. (mineralogy) magnesia

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Latin

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) magnēsia

  1. nominative plural of magnēsium
  2. accusative plural of magnēsium
  3. 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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

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magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) magnesia

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

magnesia f (plural magnesias)

  1. (mineralogy) magnesia