â¢ MAGNETIC COMPASS (noun) The noun MAGNETIC COMPASS has 1 sense: 1. compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north. Familiarity information: MAGNETIC COMPASS used as a noun is very rare.
[ 2 syll. gen-tian, ge-nti-an ] The baby boy name Gentian is pronounced as JH EH NSHAHN â . Gentian is used predominantly in the Albanian language and it is derived from Latin origins. It is derived from the element 'gentiana' meaning gentian. The name Gentiana (Albanian) is the female version of Gentian.
1 North German: short form of a habitational name from a place name with Gren-as the first element (for example Greune, Greubole). 2  Jewish (American): Americanized form of German Gruen grÃ¼n Or Yiddish, Grin ashkenazic ornamental names âmeaningâ green or a short form of any of the numerous compounds with this.  element Irish: translation of various Irish surnames derived from glas gray, green, blue. 2  See also Fahey. 3  North German: short form of a habitational name from a place name with Gren-as the first element (for example Greune, Greubole).