Associations to the word «Visigoth»

Wiktionary

VISIGOTH, noun. Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.

Dictionary definition

VISIGOTH, noun. A member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France.

Wise words

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