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Ostrogoth
 
SYLLABICATION:Os·tro·goth
PRONUNCIATION:  str-gth
NOUN: One of a tribe of eastern Goths that conquered and ruled Italy from a.d. 493 to 555.
ETYMOLOGY:From Middle English Ostrogotes, Ostrogoths, from Late Latin Ostrogoth : ostro-, eastern (of Germanic origin; see aus- in Appendix I) + Goth, Goths; see Goth.
OTHER FORMS:Ostro·gothic —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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