Varangian

n. 瓦兰吉人,拜占庭皇帝的卫士 a. 瓦兰吉人的

发音

其它 /vəˈɹæn.d͡ʒi.ən/

词形变化

Varangians 复数 Varangians

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries.

    瓦良格人

    瓦里亚基人

    历史
  2. 2.

    A member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955.

    历史
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to the Varangians.

  2. 2.

    Of or pertaining to the Varanger Peninsula in Norway.

  3. 3.

    Pertaining to a period of intense glaciation during the late Proterozoic eon.

    地质

词源

Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Βάραγγος (Bárangos), from Medieval Latin Varingus, from Old Norse væringi, from várr (“pledge”) or værr (“pledge”), which is cognate with Old English wǣr (“fidelity, loyalty”), + Old Norse gangi (“companion”). Cognate with Old English wærgenga.

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