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Vinony

gallium

noun

  1. chemical element with atomic number of 31
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæliəm/

noun

Etymology: Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.

  1. A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.