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Ostrogoth

Syllabification: (Os·tro·goth)
Pronunciation: /ˈästrəˌgäTH/
Definition of Ostrogoth

noun

  • a member of the eastern branch of the Goths, who conquered Italy in the 5th-6th centuries ad.

Derivatives

Ostrogothic

Pronunciation: /ˌästrəˈgäTHik/
adjective

Origin:

from late Latin Ostrogothi (plural), from the Germanic base of east + late Latin Gothi 'Goths'

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