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lithia

American  
[lith-ee-uh, lith-yuh] / ˈlɪθ i ə, ˈlɪθ yə /

noun

  1. Chemistry. lithium oxide.


lithia British  
/ ˈlɪθɪə /

noun

  1. another name for lithium oxide

  2. lithium present in mineral waters as lithium salts

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Etymology

Origin of lithia

First recorded in 1810–20; lithi(um) + -a 4

Example Sentences

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“This one—Lithia—that’s the largest, and has the densest population of humans. This one—Arkhe—is the furthest north: that’s where that first tree grew. Down here, to the southeast, are the wildest parts—where people live alongside dragons. About a dozen are inhabited by a mix of humans and creatures, the others by creatures alone.”

From Literature

“Unicorns, aye. There are huge herds—in the thousands—on the island of Ceretos, and on Atidina and Lithia.”

From Literature

“I’ll drop you at the port town in Lithia, Bryn Tor, where the Senate is next to land. It’s not on my way, but it’s not too much of a detour. And then that’s it for me, do you understand? I have business to do, and people to see, and you impose overmuch already.”

From Literature

“They fly to nearby islands to get food. They lack stamina—they can’t go far—but they’re fast. We have to go past them to get where we’re going. But here”—she pointed to the sea—“are coral reefs, growing thirty feet high under the water. The coral’s as sharp as knives—nereids have died there—and the boat would run aground, dryad wood or no dryad wood. We could go the long way, back round the cape of Lithia, but with the wind against us, and maelstroms along the Northern Shoals, it would take weeks.”

From Literature

This means that Tester, who is a prodigious fundraiser, has been able use his campaign cash to pay the very lowest rate an ad space sells for on any given broadcast—the same $1,000 that, say, Lithia Dodge of Billings pays.

From Slate