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magnesia

Syllables: mag·ne·siaUS/ˌmæɡˈniʒə/

magnesia noun: magnesium oxide.

magnesia: magnesium oxide
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Noun

magnesia (countable and uncountable, plural magnesias)

  1. magnesium oxide
    • Four of the earths, namely, lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possess alkaline properties to a considerable extent, and are hence called alkaline earths.1846, editorial staff, “CHEMISTRY”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 102
    • The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.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

Proper noun capitalized: Magnesia

Magnesia

  1. A region that is home to the city of Volos, located in the southwestern tip of Thessaly in north central Greece.

magnesia meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Persian

magnesia in Urdu

تباشیر فرنگی

magnesia in Bengali

ম্যাগনেসিয়া, রাসায়নিক পাউডারবিশেষ

magnesia in Persian

magnesium oxide
مغنیسیا maġnisiyâ, مغناسیا maġnâsiyâ, مغنسیا maġnesiyâ, مغنیسا maġnisâ, مغنیسی maġnisi

Forms of magnesia

pluralmagnesias

Origin of 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.

From Ancient Greek Μαγνησία (Magnēsía).

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Words that rhyme with magnesia

Questions about magnesia

What does magnesia mean?
Magnesia means magnesium oxide.
What is magnesia in Urdu?
Magnesia in Urdu is تباشیر فرنگی. See Magnesia meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is magnesia?
Magnesia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce magnesia?
Magnesia is pronounced /ˌmæɡˈniʒə/ (US).
What is the plural of magnesia?
The plural of magnesia is magnesias.

Words near magnesia in the dictionary

  1. Magners
  2. magnes
  3. magnesaemia
  4. magnesemia
  5. magnesemic
  6. magnesia
  7. magnesia alba
  8. magnesial
  9. magnesian
  10. magnesian limestone
  11. magnesian limestones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: magnesia (page history and authors); Magnesia (page history and authors); magnesia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); magnesia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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