Gammadion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fylfot or swastika.

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amuletankhcharmchicrisscrosscross

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ.

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