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It's name in many languages is natrium.

Both names are 19th century Latin and have been used in English.

Sodium is related to soda, and natrium to natron, both being natural Na containjng compounds known long before the isolation of Na in 1807.

"Natron" is either a development of Greek "nitron", or Arabic "natrun", both from Egyptian "netjeri"

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The symbol for sodium is Na from the Latin natriumor Arabic natrun.

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The elemental symbol Na, stands for the Latin word Natrium, being the name for sodium .

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It's derived form the name in Latin: Natrium

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