platina

American  

[plat-n-uh, pluh-tee-nuh] / ˈplæt n ə, pləˈti nə /

noun

1. a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.

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platina British  

/ pləˈtiːnə, ˈplætɪnə /

noun

1. an alloy of platinum and several other metals, including palladium, osmium, and iridium

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Etymology

Origin of platina

1740–50; < Spanish: literally, silverlike element, equivalent to plat ( a ) silver (< Provençal: literally, silver plate; plate ¹ ) + -ina -ine ¹. See platinum

Example Sentences

Evacuation warnings remain in place for the communities of Wildwood; Post Mountain, near the junction of State Routes 36 and 3; Trinity Pines; and Platina.

From Los Angeles Times

Residents in the rural towns of Wildwood and Platina were told to prepare to leave.

From Los Angeles Times

Chris Waters, an operations section chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said Friday that the fire has calmed significantly in “the area from Igo south to Highway 36 and then back north to Platina Road.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Red Bank fire is burning in a remote area mostly used for cattle ranching, headed northwest toward Platina, said Dave Doughty, fire information officer with Tehama County Fire.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2013, the same phenomenon made international headlines when residents of Santo Antônio da Platina in southern Brazil registered “raining spiders” around telephone polls.

From The Guardian