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  • agma
    agma
    noun
    (in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
  • AGMA
    AGMA
    abbreviation
    American Guild of Musical Artists.

agma

1 American  
[ag-muh] / ˈæg mə /
Also angma

noun

  1. (in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.

  2. eng.


AGMA 2 American  
Or A.G.M.A.

abbreviation

  1. American Guild of Musical Artists.


agma British  
/ ˈæɡmə /

noun

  1. phonetics the symbol ( ŋ ), used to represent a velar nasal consonant, as in long ( lɒŋ ) or tank ( tæŋk )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of agma

From Late Greek; Greek: “fracture”


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Not only the Greeks, but some of the early Romans, wrote g, instead of n, in this position, and gave to the letter so used a new name, agma.

From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Frances Ellen Lord

AGMA, the dancers’ union, said in a statement, also on Wednesday, that the artists boycotted the gala “based on management’s failure to adequately address the group’s substandard wages and benefits.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018

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