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Meaning & History
Derived from Greek ἀδάμαστος (adamastos) meaning "untamed" or "untameable" (also see Adamastos). The giant Adamastor is a personification of the Cape of Good Hope in the 16th-century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões' epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads). The character is also mentioned in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables (1862) and some works of Alexander Dumas, including Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1844).