trona

See also: troná, tronà, and trôna

English

Trona

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)

  1. (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.

Anagrams


Catalan

Verb

trona

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of tronar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of tronar

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

trona m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of trone

Verb

trona

  1. simple past of trone
  2. past participle of trone

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trona f

  1. definite singular of trone

Slovak

Trona

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/

Noun

trona f (genitive singular trony, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (mineralogy) trona

Declension

References

  • trona in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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