cacholong

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noun

An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz or opal.

OriginFrench cacholong ← xal чолун →
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Meanings

nouncacholong (plural cacholongs)

plural cacholongs

  1. chemistryAn opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz or opal.

Origin

  1. xalчолун“<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">stone</i>”
  2. Frenchcacholong
  3. Englishcacholong

From French cacholong, said to be from Cach (“the name of a river in Bukhara”) + Kalmyk чолун (çolun, “stone”).

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APA

cacholong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacholong

MLA

“cacholong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacholong. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cacholong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacholong.

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