It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.
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Saga
//ˈsɑːɡə//
Synonyms for "saga" (12 found)
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Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
75 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- سَاغَا name (a prefecture in Japan)
- سَاغَا name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
- مَلحَمَة noun (long epic story)
Bulgarian
2 entries- са́га noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- сказа́ние noun (long epic story)
Catalan
2 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- saga noun (long epic story)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 佐賀 /佐贺 name (a prefecture in Japan)
- 佐賀 /佐贺 name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
- 薩嘎 /萨嘎 name (county)
- 薩迦 /萨迦 noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Czech
3 entries- Saga name (a prefecture in Japan)
- Saga name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
- sága noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Danish
1 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Esperanto
1 entries- sagao noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Faroese
1 entries- søga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Finnish
4 entries- saaga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- saaga noun (long epic story)
- tarina noun (long epic story)
- taru noun (long epic story)
French
1 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Galician
2 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- saga noun (long epic story)
German
2 entries- Saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- Sage noun (long epic story)
Hindi
2 entries- सागा name (a prefecture in Japan)
- सागा name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
Hungarian
3 entries- monda noun (long epic story)
- rege noun (long epic story)
- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Icelandic
2 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- saga noun (long epic story)
Indonesian
1 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Italian
1 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Japanese
4 entries- 佐賀 name (a prefecture in Japan)
- 佐賀 name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
- 佐賀市 name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
- 佐賀県 name (a prefecture in Japan)
Korean
2 entries- 사가 name (a prefecture in Japan)
- 사가 name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
Latin
1 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Malay
3 entries- hikayat noun (long epic story)
- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- saga noun (long epic story)
Marathi
2 entries- सागा name (a prefecture in Japan)
- सागा name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
Polish
4 entries- Saga name (a prefecture in Japan)
- Saga name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
- Saga name (county)
- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Portuguese
2 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- saga noun (long epic story)
Romanian
1 entries- legendă nordică noun (long epic story)
Russian
4 entries- Са́га name (a prefecture in Japan)
- Са́га name (a city in Saga Prefecture)
- са́га noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- са́га noun (long epic story)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sàga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- sàga noun (long epic story)
Slovak
1 entries- sága noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Slovene
2 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- saga noun (long epic story)
Spanish
2 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
- saga noun (long epic story)
Swedish
1 entries- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Turkish
2 entries- destan noun (long epic story)
- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Uzbek
1 entries- doston noun (long epic story)
Võro
1 entries- saaga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Zazaki
2 entries- destan noun (long epic story)
- saga noun (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The Terminator saga also has a television series.
Source: tatoeba (4364518)
The fighting is done, feasting begun, a saga well spun.
Source: tatoeba (7430882)
For the past four years British expats had been riding an emotional rollercoaster as the long Brexit saga played out.
Source: tatoeba (8502491)
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