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Etymology
From Old French hostage (compare French otage, English hostage).
Pronunciation
Noun
ostaĝo (accusative singular ostaĝon, plural ostaĝoj, accusative plural ostaĝojn)
- hostage
2002, Gerrit Berveling, transl., La Sankta Biblio, Germana Esperanto-Asocio, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, I Makabeoj 1:10:Devenis de ili markoto pekema, Antioĥo Epifanes, filo de reĝo Antioĥo, kiu estis ostaĝo en Romo.- And there came out of them a wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been an hostage at Rome
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