Viking (redirected from Vikings)

Vi·king  (vkng)

n.

1. One of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western Europe from the eighth through the tenth century.

2. A Scandinavian.

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[Old Norse vkingr, perhaps from vk, creek, inlet.]

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Viking [ˈvaɪkɪŋ]

n (sometimes not capital)

1. (Social Science / Peoples) (Historical Terms) Also called Norseman Northman any of the Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes who raided by sea most of N and W Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries, later often settling, as in parts of Britain

2. any sea rover, plunderer, or pirate

3. (Astronautics) either of two unmanned American spacecraft that reached Mars in 1976

4. (Social Science / Peoples) (Historical Terms) (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a Viking or Vikings a Viking ship

[from Old Norse vīkingr, probably from vīk creek, sea inlet + -ingr (see -ing³); perhaps related to Old English wīc camp]

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Noun

1.

Viking - any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries Norse, Northman, Scandinavian - an inhabitant of Scandinavia

Translations

Viking [ˈvaɪkɪŋ]

A. N → vikingo/a m/f

B. ADJ → vikingo

Viking [ˈvaɪkɪŋ]

n → Viking m

modif [helmet, ship, word, festival, king] → viking inv

Viking

n → Wikinger(in) m(f)

adj → Wikinger-; Viking ship → Wikingerschiff nt

Viking [ˈvaɪkɪŋ] adj & n → vichingo/a

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Viking [ˈvaɪkɪŋ] adj & n → vichingo/a