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trona

trona noun: an evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na₃HCO₃CO₃·2H₂O.

trona: an evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na₃HCO₃CO₃·2H₂O
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Noun

trona (uncountable)

  1. An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na₃HCO₃CO₃·2H₂O.

Proper noun capitalized: Trona

Trona

  1. An unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
  2. A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States, adjacent to the settlement in San Bernardino County.

Origin of trona

From Swedish trona or from Spanish trona, both derived from Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj: R9. Doublet of natron and niter.

From the mineral trona.

Questions about trona

What does trona mean?
Trona means an evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na₃HCO₃CO₃·2H₂O.
What part of speech is trona?
Trona can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near trona in the dictionary

  1. Troms
  2. Troms og Finnmark
  3. Tromso
  4. Tromsø
  5. tron
  6. trona
  7. Tronador
  8. tronage
  9. tronages
  10. tronator
  11. tronators

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