angon

[ ang-gon ]

/ ˈæŋ gɒn /

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noun

a spear having a long, narrow iron shaft and a small, usually barbed tip, associated mainly with Frankish and Saxon grave finds of the 5th through 8th centuries a.d.

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Origin of angon

1870–75; <Late Greek ángōn<Germanic; compare Old High German ango prong, tip, hook, Old English anga,Old Norse angi; akin to angle²

Words nearby angon

Anglosphere, Anglo-Venetian glass, Angola, Angolan, Angolese, angon, angophora, angor, Angora, Angora cat, Angora goat