GAINESVILLE - The 20th annual Gainesville-Hall County Alliance for Literacy Spelling Bee was won by the team representing Lanier Tech Tuesday night. First runner-up was the team from Gainesville First United Methodist Church.
The winning word was syzygy.
What does it mean? According to thefreedictionary.com:
1. Astronomy
a. Either of two points in the orbit of a celestial body where the body is in opposition to or in conjunction with the sun.
b. Either of two points in the orbit of the moon when the moon lies in a straight line with the sun and Earth.
c. The configuration of the sun, the moon, and Earth lying in a straight line.
2. The combining of two feet into a single metrical unit in classical prosody.
Monday
October 14th, 2024
6:20PM
