saga

IPA: sˈɑgʌ

An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan)
The capital city of Saga Prefecture, Japan.
(rare) A unisex given name.
A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Examples of "saga" in Sentences

The more I read about this saga is the more I respect Mrs. Sanford.
A link to the latest development in his saga is here, courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel
The term saga also crops up, occasionally, in science fiction, e.g. in relation to E.E.
As such the final solution to this saga is a realignment of exchange rates and the rebalancing of trade.
Once we get into the twentieth century, the term saga was chiefly popularised by John Galsworthy, who wrote The Forsyte Saga.
Markos linked to, by the way, a rather well-done explanation of the Durbin saga from a conservative blogger who actually gets it.
In modern publishing, at any rate in the UK, the term saga is generally used to describe a type of fiction aimed principally at women.
Submit a Comment • Trackback (0) • With so many permutations and mixed motivations, the Palin saga is starting to feel like a Restoration play.
The recent Cadillac/Greymac/Kilderkin saga is a current, rather tortured example of what can happen when governments impose a regime of rent controls.
Anderson & B. Herbert have their own writing style, and I don't think they are up to Franks 'standard, but then again i am realy curious as to how the saga is about to end.