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[sey-mos, sam-ohs; Gk. sah-maws] 
Sa⋅mos
[sey-mos, sam-ohs; Gk. sah-maws] –noun
| a Greek island in the E Aegean. 41,709; 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km). |
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[sam-ohs]
SAMOS
[sam-ohs] –noun
| one of a series of U.S. reconnaissance satellites. |
Origin:
s(atellite) a(nti)m(issile) o(bservation) s(ystem)
s(atellite) a(nti)m(issile) o(bservation) s(ystem)
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| Sa·mos
(sā'mŏs', sām'ōs, sä'môs) Pronunciation Key
An island of eastern Greece in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Turkey. First inhabited in the Bronze Age, it was later colonized by Ionian Greeks and became an important commercial and maritime power in the sixth century B.C. Controlled in turn by Persia, Athens, Sparta, Rome, Byzantium, and the Ottoman Empire, the island became part of modern-day Greece in 1913. |
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Samos
Samos
Gk. island in the Aegean, from Old Gk. samos "a height." Man references to it are as the birthplace of Pythagoras.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Samos
an island in the AEgean Sea, which Paul passed on his voyage from Assos to Miletus (Acts 20:15), on his third missionary journey. It is about 27 miles long and 20 broad, and lies about 42 miles south-west of Smyrna.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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