What does SAGA mean?

Definitions for SAGA
ˈsɑ gəsaga

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. saganoun

    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

Wiktionary

  1. saganoun

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

  2. saganoun

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

  3. Saganoun

    Saga Prefecture - a prefecture in the Western island, Kyushu, Japan

  4. Saganoun

    Saga - a city in Saga Prefecture, Japan

  5. Etymology: From sagō, from sekʷe-. More at saw.

Wikipedia

  1. Saga

    Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the Íslendingasögur (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between Icelandic families. However, sagas' subject matter is diverse, including pre-Christian Scandinavian legends; saints and bishops both from Scandinavia and elsewhere; Scandinavian kings and contemporary Icelandic politics; and chivalric romances either translated from Continental European languages or composed locally. Sagas originated in the Middle Ages, but continued to be composed in the ensuing centuries. Whereas the dominant language of history-writing in medieval Europe was Latin, sagas were composed in the vernacular: Old Norse and its later descendants, primarily Icelandic. While sagas are written in prose, they share some similarities with epic poetry, and often include stanzas or whole poems in alliterative verse embedded in the text.

ChatGPT

  1. SAGA

    SAGA stands for "Story and Activity Generation Architecture." It is a software framework or system used for creating interactive narratives or stories in video games, virtual reality experiences, or other digital platforms. SAGA allows for the combination of predetermined story elements and dynamically generated activities to provide an engaging and immersive user experience. It involves the generation of player-driven choices, branching storylines, and varied gameplay elements, allowing for a personalized and ever-evolving narrative.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Saganoun

    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

  2. Saga

    of Sagum

  3. Etymology: [Icel., akin to E. saw a saying. See Say, and cf. Saw.]

Wikidata

  1. SaGa

    SaGa is a series of science fiction open world role-playing video games produced by Square, now Square Enix. The series originated on the Game Boy in 1989 as the creation of Akitoshi Kawazu. It has since continued across multiple platforms, from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to the PlayStation 2. The series is notable for its emphasis on open world exploration, non-linear branching plots, and occasionally unconventional gameplay. This distinguished the series from most of Square's titles. There are currently nine games in the SaGa series, along with several ports and enhanced remakes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Saga

    sä′ga, n. a tale, historical or fabulous, in the old prose literature of Iceland.—n. Sä′gaman, a narrator of sagas. [Ice. saga, pl. sögursegja, say.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. saga

    [WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N random broken people.Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told by Guy L. Steele:Jon L. White (login name JONL) and I (GLS) were office mates at MIT for many years. One April, we both flew from Boston to California for a week on research business, to consult face-to-face with some people at Stanford, particularly our mutual friend Richard P. Gabriel (RPG).RPG picked us up at the San Francisco airport and drove us back to Palo Alto (going logical south on route 101, parallel to El Camino Bignum). Palo Alto is adjacent to Stanford University and about 40 miles south of San Francisco. We ate at The Good Earth, a ‘health food’ restaurant, very popular, the sort whose milkshakes all contain honey and protein powder. JONL ordered such a shake — the waitress claimed the flavor of the day was “lalaberry”. I still have no idea what that might be, but it became a running joke. It was the color of raspberry, and JONL said it tasted rather bitter. I ate a better tostada there than I have ever had in a Mexican restaurant.After this we went to the local Uncle Gaylord's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor. They make ice cream fresh daily, in a variety of intriguing flavors. It's a chain, and they have a slogan: “If you don't live near an Uncle Gaylord's — MOVE!” Also, Uncle Gaylord (a real person) wages a constant battle to force big-name ice cream makers to print their ingredients on the package (like air and plastic and other non-natural garbage). JONL and I had first discovered Uncle Gaylord's the previous August, when we had flown to a computer-science conference in Berkeley, California, the first time either of us had been on the West Coast. When not in the conference sessions, we had spent our time wandering the length of Telegraph Avenue, which (like Harvard Square in Cambridge) was lined with picturesque street vendors and interesting little shops. On that street we discovered Uncle Gaylord's Berkeley store. The ice cream there was very good. During that August visit JONL went absolutely bananas (so to speak) over one particular flavor, ginger honey.Therefore, after eating at The Good Earth — indeed, after every lunch and dinner and before bed during our April visit — a trip to Uncle Gaylord's (the one in Palo Alto) was mandatory. We had arrived on a Wednesday, and by Thursday evening we had been there at least four times. Each time, JONL would get ginger honey ice cream, and proclaim to all bystanders that “Ginger was the spice that drove the Europeans mad! That's why they sought a route to the East! They used it to preserve their otherwise off-taste meat.” After the third or fourth repetition RPG and I were getting a little tired of this spiel, and began to paraphrase him: “Wow! Ginger! The spice that makes rotten meat taste good!” “Say! Why don't we find some dog that's been run over and sat in the sun for a week and put some ginger on it for dinner?!” “Right! With a lalaberry shake!” And so on. This failed to faze JONL; he took it in good humor, as long as we kept returning to Uncle Gaylord's. He loves ginger honey ice cream.Now RPG and his then-wife KBT (Kathy Tracy) were putting us up (putting up with us?) in their home for our visit, so to thank them JONL and I took them out to a nice French restau

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Mythology

  1. Saga

    (Sa′ga). The Scandinavian goddess of history. The word means aor saying; hence Sagas, which embody Scandinavian legends, and heroic or mythical traditions.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SAGA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Saga is ranked #115034 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Saga surname appeared 152 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Saga.

    55.2% or 84 total occurrences were Asian.
    26.9% or 41 total occurrences were White.
    13.1% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3.2% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Anagrams for SAGA »

  1. saag

  2. agas

  3. Agas

  4. ägas

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SAGA in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SAGA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of SAGA in a Sentence

  1. Matt Wagner:

    I couldn't be more thrilled about the Grendel saga, one of the longest-running independent comics series, finally being translated into live-action for the screen, i'm especially excited to see Abubakr Ali bring the character of Grendel/Hunter Rose to life -- Abubakr Ali has the charisma, style and vital edginess that I've been envisioning in the role for years.

  2. David Molton:

    The filing of this plan marks a crucial step in this tragic saga to provide much needed financial relief to the victims and their families. When NECC entered bankruptcy, many people doubted that the victims would ever receive compensation through the bankruptcy process.

  3. The People Daily:

    What has also been notable is the hypocrisy of some Western governments - the United States and United Kingdom most prominently - which have called for a stop to the violence, as if they have had nothing to do with it, but, looking back at the whole protest saga, they have been deeply involved in fuelling it since its inception.

  4. Michael Dee:

    This date acts as an anchor point for the Icelandic Sagas, it is somewhat in keeping with date estimates based on these Sagas, and therefore adds some credibility to the stories they contain of exploration of the Americas and interaction with Indigenous inhabitants. In other ways, it is later than most Saga experts would have expected.

  5. Richard Barry:

    You're going to see products imagined in a different way, using new technology and innovation, and allowing kids to live out the 'Star Wars' saga in a way that has never been possible before.

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