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Ὄργανα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ὄργανᾰ (Órgana)

  1. Hormuz (island in the Strait of Hormuz)
    • a. AD 131, L. Flavius Arrianus (aut.), J.F. Dübner (ed.), E.I. Robson (tr.), Ἰνδική in Arrian, with an English translation II (1933), ch. xxxvii, § 2 (p. 414):
      Καὶ ἡ μὲν ἐρήμη νῆσος Ὄργανα ἐκαλέετο, ἐς ἣν δὲ ὡρμήθησαν Ὀάρακτα·
      Kaì hē mèn erḗmē nêsos Órgana ekaléeto, es hḕn dè hōrmḗthēsan Oárakta;
      The desert island was called Organa, and that off which they moored Oaracta. ― tr. ibidem (p. 415)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Latin: Organa

See also

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References

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  • ORGANA”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly