trona
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na₃HCO₃CO₃·2H₂O.
Uncountable
name
An unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
name
A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States, adjacent to the settlement in San Bernardino County.
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: trona, أَطْرُون, νίτρον, nṯrj