SAGA

saga

(noun) a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

saga (plural sagas)

An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.

Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.

Anagrams

• AGAs, Agas, GAAs, agas, saag

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Saga

A prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan t1=Saga Prefecture

A city in Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Saga

(rare) A unisex given name.

Anagrams

• AGAs, Agas, GAAs, agas, saag

Source: Wiktionary


Sa"ga, n.; pl. Sagas. Etym: [Icel., akin to E. saw a saying. See Say, and cf. Saw.]

Definition: A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time. And then the blue-eyed Norseman told A saga of the days of old. Longfellow.

SAGUM

Sa"gum, n.; pl. Saga. Etym: [L. sagum, sagus; cf. Gr. Say a kind of serge.] (Rom. Antiq.)

Definition: The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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