Saga
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɑːɡə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Saga is a noun meaning An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
Meaning
An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
More Meanings
- Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
- plural of sagum
Example Sentences
Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.
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.
According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
Word Forms
- sagas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include history, account, historian, chronicle, myth, episode.
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