The word "gonianite" is a mineral name that is spelled using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as /gəʊniənaɪt/. The first half of the spelling, "goni-", comes from the Greek word for "angle" or "corner" and refers to the crystallographic structure of the mineral. The "-anite" suffix is commonly used in mineral names and comes from the Greek word for "rock." So, "gonianite" is a mineral that has a crystalline structure characterized by angles or corners and is a type of rock.