Saga
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Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan)
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Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan)
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The capital city of Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 佐賀(さが) (Saga).
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rareA unisex given name.
Saga Becker
2007, Saga McOdongo, Deadly money maker
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Etymology
From saga or its etymon Old Norse saga.
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A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
We saw many other striking manifestations of hydrothermal activity in the Himalayan geothermal belt. The boiling spouters of Namling County, for example, emit endless jets of water and steam; the Rugyog fumarole of Saga County sends up vapors and gases as scorching as the breath of a furnace;[…]
Previously, they had met a man from Saga county, not far from the Nepali border, who had given an interesting piece of information: from his place, he had seen people escaping over a mountain into Nepal.
More likely than capture is death at the hands of Chinese border police. Killings like that of fifteen-year-old Yeshe Dundrub, shot at night in Saga County (Ch: Saga Xian) in November 1999, while fleeing with forty others to Nepal, are covered up when possible. (Dundrub, whose dream was to be a monk, died in a military hospital bed nine hours after he was shot.)
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan ས་དགའ (sa dga').
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