Strontian

//stɹɒnˈtiːən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mineral containing strontium.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing strontium.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small village in Highland council area, Scotland, that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which were discovered there (OS grid ref NM8161).
  2. 2
    The Strontian River, a short river in Highland council area, that flows through the village to Loch Sunart.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From strontium + -ian.

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