Chem. Obs. Also barya. [f. BARIUM; cf. strontia, f. strontium.] = BARYTA.
1812. Sir H. Davy, Chem. Philos., 340. The only well known combination of barium, with oxygene, is baryta or baria.
1819. Children, Chem. Anal., 443. One atom of baryum + one atom of oxygen, forms one atom of barya.
