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Change log entry 72623
Processed by: richwarm (2021-05-08 22:06:37 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 67893 - submitted by 'polaris' >>
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Varyag or Variag may refer to Varangians, ancestors of the Rus' sometimes called "Vikings" in English publications
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varyag

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The Varangians or Varyags (Old East Slavic, Russian, Ukrainian: варяги, varyagi; Belarusian: варагі, varahi; Greek: Βαριάγοι, Variágoi), sometimes referred to as Variagians, was the name given by Greeks, Rus' people, and others to Vikings, who between the 9th and 11th centuries ruled the medieval state of Kievan Rus', settled among many territories of modern Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, and formed the Byzantine Varangian Guard.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians
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Editor: Please feel free to resubmit with some examples in which 瓦良格 (rather than 瓦良格人) is used to mean "Varangians".
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# - 瓦良格 瓦良格 [Wa3 liang2 ge2] /Varyag, former Soviet aircraft carrier purchased by China and renamed 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]/
# + 瓦良格 瓦良格 [Wa3 liang2 ge2] /Varyag, former Soviet aircraft carrier purchased by China and renamed 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]/Varangians, ancestors of the Rus' sometimes called "Vikings"/
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