Ekaluminium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ekaluminium \Ek*al`u*min"i*um\, n. [Skr. [=e]ka one + E.
     aluminium.] (Chem.)
     The name given by Mendeleev to a hypothetical element, --
     later discovered and called {gallium}. See {Gallium}, and cf.
     {Ekabor}. Also see {periodic table}.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]