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Saga
Definitions
- 1 Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan)
- 2 A unisex given name. rare
"Saga Becker"
- 3 A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
"We saw many other striking manifestations of hydrothermal activity in the Himalayan geothermal belt. The boiling spouters of Namling County, for example, emit endless jets of water and steam; the Rugyog fumarole of Saga County sends up vapors and gases as scorching as the breath of a furnace;[…]"
- 4 The capital city of Saga Prefecture, Japan.
- 1 An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
- 2 plural of sagum form-of, plural
- 3 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 wordnet
- 4 Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
"The latest Fire Emblem, developed by the makers of Advance Wars and available in the U.S., is the seventh game in an epic saga that began 13 years ago on the NES."
Etymology
From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”). Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement”), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”), German Sage (“saga, legend, myth”). More at say; Doublet of saw. Compare typologically Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos) (whence epos, epic) << Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”).
From Latin saga, plural of sagum.
Borrowed from Japanese 佐賀(さが) (Saga).
From saga or its etymon Old Norse saga.
Borrowed from Tibetan ས་དགའ (sa dga').
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