Samos

//ˈseɪ.mɒs// name

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  1. 1
    An island belonging to the Sporades and a city on it, in the Aegean.
  2. 2
    A modern Greek prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean that includes the island along with the islands of Icaria and Fourni.

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"Aristarchus of Samos proposed that the sun was the center of the solar system, and that the stars might be other suns."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).

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