Aristarchus of Samos proposed that the sun was the center of the solar system, and that the stars might be other suns.
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Samos
//ˈseɪ.mɒs//
Synonyms for "samos" (6 found)
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Related words (3)
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Translations
25 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Σάμος name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- Σᾰ́μος name (a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Са́мос name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 薩摩斯 /萨摩斯 name (a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean)
- 薩摩斯島 /萨摩斯岛 name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
Dutch
2 entries- Samos name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- Samos name (a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean)
Esperanto
1 entries- Samoso name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
French
2 entries- Samos name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- Samos name (a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean)
Galician
2 entries- Samos name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- Samos name (a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean)
German
2 entries- Samos name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- Samos name (a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean)
Greek
2 entries- Σάμος name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- Σάμος name (a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean)
Italian
1 entries- Samo name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
Latin
1 entries- Samus name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سیسام name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
Persian
3 entries- ساموس name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- شامس name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- شاموس name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
Polish
2 entries- Samos name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
- Samos name (a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean)
Portuguese
1 entries- Samos name (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city)
Sample sentences
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There was an ancient city; the Tyrian settlers held it: Carthage, standing afar opposite Italy and the mouths of the Tiber, rich in trade and very harsh in the study of war. Juno is said to have valued this one city more than all lands, even above Samos.
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There stood a city, fronting far away / the mouths of Tiber and Italia's shore, / a Tyrian settlement of olden day, / rich in all wealth, and trained to war's rough lore, / Carthage the name, by Juno loved before / all places, even Samos.
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Aristarchus of Samos believed that the Sun was at the center of the universe and that the Earth revolved around it.
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