Galena

//ɡəˈliː.nə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
  2. 2
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A city, the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Named after the mineral galena.
  3. 3
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A census-designated place in Floyd County, Indiana.
  4. 4
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
  5. 5
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A town in Kent County, Maryland.
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  1. 6
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A small city, the county seat of Stone County, Missouri.
  2. 7
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
  3. 8
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A ghost town in Washoe County, Nevada.
  4. 9
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A village in Delaware County, Ohio.
  5. 10
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States.
  6. 11
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
  7. 12
    A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.; A ghost town in Snohomish County, Washington.
Noun
  1. 1
    A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead. uncountable, usually

    "You can easily extract lead from galena, a natural mineral which has been used in crystal radio receivers."

  2. 2
    soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead wordnet
  3. 3
    A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac obsolete, uncountable, usually

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin galēna (“dross from smelting lead”).

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