Magog
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a people descended from Japheth.
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a city in southern Quebec, in eastern Canada.
noun
Example Sentences
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They were taken across the border and moved to a house in Magog, Quebec.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021
McBroom, known for his extreme green contours, toned it down considerably at Magog, relying on cants and slants more than humps and bumps.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 22, 2018
Like Magog, it was a witty, often brilliant fusing of legend and flesh, satire and swan song.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gog meets his spiritual twin, an evil ogre called Magog.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fictitious adventures of John Doe and Richard Roe, the legal Gog and Magog, played an important part in trials to recover possession of land.
From The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 by Inge, William Ralph
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