Associations to the word «Saga»

Wiktionary

SAGA, noun. An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
SAGA, noun. Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
SAGA, proper noun. Saga Prefecture - a prefecture in the Western island, Kyushu, Japan.
SAGA, proper noun. A city in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
SAGA LOUT, noun. (slang) (British) An older unruly tourist on holiday in the Mediterranean area.

Dictionary definition

SAGA, noun. 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.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.