syenite
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Syēnītēs, from Syēnē (“Aswan”), because it was anciently quarried there.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaɪənaɪt/
Noun
syenite (countable and uncountable, plural syenites)
Translations
obsolete: granite — see granite
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