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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A city, the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Named after the mineral galena.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A census-designated place in Floyd County, Indiana.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A town in Kent County, Maryland.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A small city, the county seat of Stone County, Missouri.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A ghost town in Washoe County, Nevada.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A village in Delaware County, Ohio.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
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name
A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A ghost town in Snohomish County, Washington.
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noun
A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac
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Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead
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Broader terms: mineral
History
Learned borrowing from Latin galēna (“dross from smelting lead”).
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
