magnesia

From Middle English magnesia, from Late Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), a name of several cities (in Thessaly, Lydia, and Asia Minor). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesium, and manganese, and related to magnet.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡˈniʒə/
• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧sia
• Rhymes: -iːʒə

magnesia (countable and uncountable, plural magnesias)

1. (mineralogy) magnesium oxide
   • 1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (volumes 7–8, page 133)

     The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.

• magnesiferous
• magnet

• Magnesium oxide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• mesangia, ænigmas

Borrowed from Medieval Latin magnesia.

magnesia f (plural magnesie)

1. (mineralogy) magnesia

• latte di magnesia

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maɡˈneː.si.a/, [mäŋˈneːs̠iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲe.si.a/, [mäɲˈɲɛːs̬iä]

magnēsia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of magnēsium

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

magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)

1. (chemistry) magnesia

   Synonyms: magnesiumkarbonat, magnesiumoksid

• magnesium

• “magnesia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “magnesia” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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

magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)

1. (chemistry) magnesia

   Synonyms: magnesiumkarbonat, magnesiumoksid

• magnesium

• “magnesia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

magnesia f (plural magnesias)

1. (mineralogy) magnesia

• “magnesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014