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Ostrogoth

//ˈɒs.tɹə.ɡɒθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century.
  2. 2
    a member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Ostrogothus, from Proto-Germanic *austrą ("east") and *gutô, via Ancient Greek Γότθος (Gótthos) from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta).

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