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  Samos

  noun

  a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
• SAMOS
  SAMOS

  noun

  one of a series of U.S. reconnaissance satellites.

Samos

¹ American  

[sey-mos, sam-ohs, sah-maws] / ˈseɪ mɒs, ˈsæm oʊs, ˈsɑ mɔs /

noun

1. a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).

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SAMOS ² American  

[sam-ohs] / ˈsæm oʊs /

noun

1. one of a series of U.S. reconnaissance satellites.

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Samos British  

/ ˈseɪmɒs /

noun

1. a Greek island in the E Aegean Sea, off the SW coast of Turkey: a leading commercial centre of ancient Greece. Pop: 33 809 (2001). Area: 492 sq km (190 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of SAMOS

s(atellite) a(nti)m(issile) o(bservation) s(ystem)

Example Sentences

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The crowds arriving on Samos reflect the diversity of society in Turkey, which is not part of the European Union but has ambitions to one day join it.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Last month eight people, including six children, were recovered after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Samos.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024

MSF based its report on the testimonies of 56 patients and information gathered between August 2021 and July 2023 on Lesbos and Samos.

From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2023

Earlier Monday at about 1 a.m., a coast guard patrol boat spotted a dinghy carrying 37 people off the eastern Aegean island of Samos, the coast guard said.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

Little is known about his youth, but it seems that Archimedes was born around 287 BC in Samos, Pythagoras’s birthplace.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

SAMOS, an island of Asia Minor, opposite to Ephesus; the birth-place of Pythagoras, who was thence called the Samian Sage.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus