Arʹgo.

A ship sailing on an adventure. The galley of Jason that went in search of the Golden Fleece was so called, from the Greek argos (swift).

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Aretinian Syllables
Argan
Argand Lamp
Argante
Argantes
Argenis
Argentile and Curan
Argentine Republic
Argeo (in Orlando Furioso)
Argillan (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Argo
Argonauts
Argosy
Argot [Argo]
Argus-eyed
Argyle
Arians
Arideus [A-ree-de-us]
Ariel
Aries
Arimanes

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Ar`go