Complete Definition of "Varangian"

wikipedia|Varangians
English

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. A member of the Scandinavian people who settled in Eastern Europe in the 9th Century, as opposed to the Vikings who settled in the West.
  2. The imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955.
  3. geology A period of intense glaciation during the late Proterozoic eon.

Translations
trans-top|member of a Scandinavian tribe
Dutch: Varjaag m
Russian: �а��г (Varjág) m
trans-mid
Swedish: t|sv|varjag, t|sv|väring, t|sv|rus
trans-bottom

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Of or pertaining to the #Noun|Varangians.
  2. Of or pertaining to the w:Varanger Peninsula|Varanger Peninsula in Norway.

References
R:Webster 1913

et:Varangian

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