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virginium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vir-gini-um
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rejected name for francium.

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Virginia (US state) + -ium, proposed in 1930 by Fred Allison, whose claim to have discovered the element was later disproven.

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Questions

What does virginium mean?
A rejected name for francium.
Where does virginium come from?
From Virginia (US state) + -ium, proposed in 1930 by Fred Allison, whose claim to have discovered the element was later disproven.

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