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gammadion

gammadion noun: a fylfot or swastika.

Noun

gammadion (plural gammadions or gammadia)

  1. A fylfot or swastika.

Forms of gammadion

pluralgammadions
pluralgammadia

Origin of gammadion

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.

Questions about gammadion

What does gammadion mean?
Gammadion means a fylfot or swastika.
What part of speech is gammadion?
Gammadion is a noun.
What is the plural of gammadion?
The plural of gammadion is gammadions.

Words near gammadion in the dictionary

  1. gammacismus
  2. gammacoronaviral
  3. gammacoronavirus
  4. gammacoronaviruses
  5. gammadia
  6. gammadion
  7. gammadions
  8. gammaencephalography
  9. gammaflexivirus
  10. gammaflexiviruses
  11. Gammage

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