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Gog

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[gog] / gɒg /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a chief prince of Meshech and Tubal who came from Magog.


Etymology

Origin of Gog

Ultimately from Hebrew Gōgh, of uncertain origin


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Together with Adam Kucharski, also from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, I have recently collaborated with the BBC on a massive citizen science project, led by Professor Julia Gog from Cambridge University.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2020

His eyes rested on the empty space in the 15th Century Guildhall where twin statues of Gog and Magog* stood glaring at each other until German bombs destroyed them in December 1940.

From Time Magazine Archive

All Earth Mother types cause him pain, including Rosa, one of twin girls out of Maire by Gog or possibly Magog himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

But my feeling is, if he comes out first with Gog, that ruins our title .

From Time Magazine Archive

Modern mathematicians would say that Gog, the wolf carver, used a five-based or quinary counting system.

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

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