Topas

See also: topas, tópas, tópás, and topás

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Etymology

From Old French topace, from the Ancient Greek proper noun Τοπάζιος (Topázios), ancient name of St. John's Island, Egypt, in the Red Sea, believed to be the first discovered source of the mineral τοπάζιον (topázion, “peridot”).

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  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

Topas m (genitive Topases, plural Topase)

  1. (mineralogy) topaz

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