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Word: varangian (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or pertaining to the Varangians.
  • Of or pertaining to the Varanger Peninsula in Norway.

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Proper noun:

  • 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.
  • geology A period of intense glaciation during the late Proterozoic eon.
  • The imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955.

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