trona
English
Etymology
From Swedish trona or from Spanish trona, both derived from Arabic أَطْرُون (ʾaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj:
Noun
trona (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na3HCO3CO3·2H2O.
Further reading
- “Trona” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “trona”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
Catalan
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Slovak
Etymology
From Swedish trona, from Arabic اَطْرُون (aṭrūn), which derives from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), from Egyptian nṯrj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɔna/
Declension
References
- trona in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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