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In the tongue of a beautiful pharaoh
for a prefix this word has a small O.
For a suffix small N,
for an infix small M,
and, itself, it is only a small O.

What is the word?

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  • $\begingroup$ Is it the moon? $\endgroup$
    – Duck
    Aug 25, 2018 at 7:25

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For a prefix this word has a small O

O - the symbol for oxygen and an atom of this is small.

For a suffix small N

N - the symbol for nitrogen and an atom of this is small.

for an infix small M

micro - small and symbol Greek mu which is a letter m.

and, itself, it is only a small O

omicron - Greek letter o and literally small o.

The pharaoh: In the tongue of a beautiful pharaoh

Omicron is a Greek word, but famously beautiful Egyptian Pharoah Cleopatra, daughter of Ptolemy XII, would spoken it as her native tongue was Koine Greek.

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  • $\begingroup$ This is it. Well done! $\endgroup$
    – Jafe
    Aug 25, 2018 at 17:11

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