"Saga" meaning in English

See Saga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Japanese 佐賀 (Saga). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|佐賀|tr=Saga}} Japanese 佐賀 (Saga) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Saga
  1. Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan) Categories (place): Places in Japan, Prefectures of Japan, Saga Prefecture
    Sense id: en-Saga-en-name-BzW-AS7k Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 54
  2. The capital city of Saga Prefecture, Japan. Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Saga Prefecture, Places in Japan, Places in Saga Prefecture
    Sense id: en-Saga-en-name-1jkp6gV8 Categories (other): Prefectural capitals of Japan, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (a city in Saga Prefecture): سَاغَا (sāḡā) [feminine] (Arabic), 佐賀 (Chinese Mandarin), 佐贺 (Zuǒhè) (Chinese Mandarin), Saga [feminine] (Czech), 佐賀市 (Saga-shi) (alt: さがし) (Japanese), 佐賀 (alt: さが, Saga) (Japanese), 사가 (english: Saga) (Korean), सागा (sāgā) (Marathi), Са́га (Sága) [feminine] (Russian) Translations (a prefecture in Japan): سَاغَا (sāḡā) [feminine] (Arabic), 佐賀 (Chinese Mandarin), 佐贺 (Zuǒhè) (Chinese Mandarin), Saga [feminine] (Czech), 佐賀県 (english: Saga-ken) (Japanese), 佐賀 (english: Saga) (Japanese), 사가 (english: Saga) (Korean), सागा (sāgā) (Marathi), Са́га (Sága) [feminine] (Russian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'a city in Saga Prefecture': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'a prefecture in Japan': 46 54

Proper name

Etymology: From saga or its etymon Old Norse saga. Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|saga}} Old Norse saga Head templates: {{en-prop}} Saga
  1. (rare) A unisex given name. Tags: rare Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names, English female given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Saga-en-name-K7enfgqz Disambiguation of English female given names: 3 4 60 34 Disambiguation of English male given names: 3 4 59 34 Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 2 4 64 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan ས་དགའ (sa dga'). Etymology templates: {{commonscat|Saga County}}, {{bor|en|bo|ས་དགའ}} Tibetan ས་དགའ (sa dga') Head templates: {{en-prop}} Saga
  1. A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Tibet Translations (county): 薩嘎 (Chinese Mandarin), 萨嘎 (Sàgā) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Saga-en-name-3X6mmMDe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 12 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 4 6 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 6 12 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 8 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 5 25 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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          "text": "Saga Becker"
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          "text": "2007, Saga McOdongo, Deadly money maker"
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          "text": "[…] Saga Norén's personal story that forms the series' sentimental narrative. As part of her strategy to develop ways to understand the personal motivations of the killers and other people around her, Saga Norén actively uses her partners[…]",
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          "text": "Previously, they had met a man from Saga county, not far from the Nepali border, who had given an interesting piece of information: from his place, he had seen people escaping over a mountain into Nepal.",
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          "text": "More likely than capture is death at the hands of Chinese border police. Killings like that of fifteen-year-old Yeshe Dundrub, shot at night in Saga County (Ch: Saga Xian) in November 1999, while fleeing with forty others to Nepal, are covered up when possible. (Dundrub, whose dream was to be a monk, died in a military hospital bed nine hours after he was shot.)",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "county",
      "word": "薩嘎"
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      "roman": "Sàgā",
      "sense": "county",
      "word": "萨嘎"
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}

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