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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.

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AGMA ² American  

Or A.G.M.A.

abbreviation

1. American Guild of Musical Artists.

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agma British  

/ ˈæɡmə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of agma

From Late Greek; Greek: “fracture”

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agma AGMA

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 Lord, Frances Ellen

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