Viking,

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Viking \Vi"king\, n. [Icel. v[imac]kingr, fr. v[imac]k a bay,
     inlet.]
     One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen,
     who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and
     tenth centuries.
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           Of grim Vikings, and the rapture
           Of the sea fight, and the capture,
           And the life of slavery.                 --Longfellow.
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     Note: Viking differs in meaning from sea king, with which it
           is frequently confounded. "The sea king was a man
           connected with a royal race, either of the small kings
           of the country, or of the Haarfager family, and who, by
           right, received the title of king as soon he took the
           command of men, although only of a single ship's crew,
           and without having any land or kingdom . . . Vikings
           were merely pirates, alternately peasants and pirates,
           deriving the name of viking from the vicks, wicks, or
           inlets, on the coast in which they harbored with their
           long ships or rowing galleys." --Laing.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Viking
       n : any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of
           Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "viking":
     AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook,
     Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte,
     Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman,
     air pirate, airplane hijacker, bluejacket, buccaneer, corsair,
     deep-sea man, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, hearty, jack,
     jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, limey, lobsterman, mariner, matelot,
     navigator, picaroon, pirate, privateer, rover, sailor, salt,
     sea dog, sea king, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman,
     shipman, skyjacker, tar, water dog, whaler, windjammer,
     windsailor
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Viking, MN (city, FIPS 67090)
    Location: 48.21795 N, 96.40642 W
    Population (1990): 103 (47 housing units)
    Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56760

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Viking, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    92
     Housing Units (2000): 44
     Land area (2000):     0.510252 sq. miles (1.321546 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.510252 sq. miles (1.321546 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            67090
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             48.219999 N, 96.406736 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     56760
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
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