noun
pl. -·dia a figure made by four capital gammas radiating from a center; esp., a swastika
Origin of gammadion
MGr, diminutive from Classical Greek gammagammadion
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Origin
From Ancient Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), from γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ.
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