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Ostrogoth

[ os-truh-goth ]

noun

  1. a member of the easterly division of the Goths, maintaining a monarchy in Italy, a.d. 493–555.


Ostrogoth

/ ˈɒٰəˌɡɒθ /

noun

  1. a member of the eastern group of the Goths, who formed a kingdom in Italy from 493 to 552
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٰˈdzٳ󾱳, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • t·dzٳi t·dzٳi· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ostrogoth1

1640–50; < Late Latin ٰDzdzٳī, Austrogotī (plural) < Germanic, equivalent to *austro- eastwards ( Old Norse austr, Old Saxon, Old High German ōٲ, Middle Dutch ooster, Old English ŧ ( er ) ra; east ) + Goth
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ostrogoth1

C17: from Late Latin ٰDzdzٳī, from ostro- east, eastward + Goth
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Example Sentences

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While there was not enough information to assign the remains to any particular population, the study said “it is possible that these individuals were Huns, Ostrogoths or Gepids.”

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Along the way he covers the sackings of Rome by the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, the Normans, the troops of the Holy Roman Empire and the French.

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Around 1,500 people live within the walls of its Old City, custodians of cultural treasures left by everyone from the Romans and the Ostrogoths to the Venetians and the Habsburgs.

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Subsequently, in 493, Odoacer was slain by Theodoric, the king of the Ostrogoths, who then became predominant in the Italian peninsula.

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They rose with Goth and Ostrogoth to free themselves from the heavy yoke.

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