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Definition of Varangian

Varangian
Varangian Va*ran"gi*an, n. One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.

Meaning of Varangian from wikipedia

- The Varangians (/vəˈrændʒiənz/) were Viking conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden. The Varangians settled in the territories...
- The Varangian Guard (Gr****: Τάγμα τῶν Βαράγγων, romanized: Tágma tōn Varángōn) was an elite unit of the Byzantine army from the tenth to the fourteenth...
- The calling of the Varangians, calling of the (Varangian) princes or invitation to the Varangians (Russian: призвание варягов, romanized: prizvaniye varyagov;...
- Look up Varangian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Varangian may refer to one of these: Varangians, the term for Norse Vikings who were active in Eastern...
- The trade route from the Varangians to the Gr****s was a medieval trade route that connected Scandinavia, Kievan Rus' and the Eastern Roman Empire. The...
- inscriptions, ****ingly located at two extremes of the trade route from the Varangians to the Gr****s. Two of them are roþ for rōþer /róðr, meaning "fleet levy"...
- The Snowball Earth is a geohistorical hypothesis that proposes during one or more of Earth's icehouse climates, the planet's surface became nearly entirely...
- Oslo Copenhagen Stockholm The Varangian Runestones are runestones in Scandinavia that mention voyages to the East (Old Norse: Austr) or the Eastern route...
- Norse, and Finnic, it was ruled by the Rurik dynasty, founded by the Varangian prince Rurik. The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century...
- Nevertheless, the band continued to work on their second album, titled The Varangian Way, which was released in early 2007. Jussi Wickström recorded all guitars...