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adj
Containing strontium.
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A small village in Highland council area, Scotland, that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which were discovered there (OS grid ref NM8161).
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name
The Strontian River, a short river in Highland council area, that flows through the village to Loch Sunart.
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noun
A mineral containing strontium.
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History
From strontium + -ian.
Place name is from Scottish Gaelic Sròn an t-Sìthein, "nose of the fairy hill", said to be inhabited by the mythological sìdhe.
