Varangian

  1. Proper noun.  (historical) A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries.
  2. Proper noun.  (historical) The imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955.
  3. Proper noun.  (geology) A period of intense glaciation during the late Proterozoic eon.
  4. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the Varangians.
  5. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the Varanger Peninsula in Norway.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.