Strontian
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See also: strontian
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Place name is from Scottish Gaelic Sròn an t-Sìthein, "nose of the fairy hill", said to be inhabited by the mythological sìdhe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Strontian
- A small village in Scotland that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which was discovered there