Saga Definition
sägə
sagas
noun
A medieval Icelandic or Scandinavian prose narrative dealing with the heroic exploits of legendary and historical kings and warriors or with the traditional history of an important family.
Webster's New World
A modern prose narrative that resembles a saga.
American Heritage
Any long story of adventure or heroic deeds.
Webster's New World
A long detailed report.
Recounted the saga of their family problems.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
pronoun
Saga Prefecture - a prefecture in the Western island, Kyushu, Japan.
Wiktionary
A city in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Saga
Noun
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saga
Plural:
sagasOrigin of Saga
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From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story"), from Proto-Germanic *sagÇ (“saying, story"), from Proto-Indo-European *sekÊ·e-, *skÊ·Ä“- (“to tell, talk"). Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement"), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement"), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history"). More at saw, say.
From Wiktionary
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Old Norse sekw-3 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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