Magog
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a people descended from Japheth.
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a city in southern Quebec, in eastern Canada.
noun
Example Sentences
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They were taken across the border and moved to a house in Magog, Quebec.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
McBroom, known for his extreme green contours, toned it down considerably at Magog, relying on cants and slants more than humps and bumps.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 22, 2018
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
Like Magog, it was a witty, often brilliant fusing of legend and flesh, satire and swan song.
From Time Magazine Archive
Magog is perhaps a contracted form of Mat-gog, mat being the common Assyrian word for “land.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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