'Viking' definitions:
Definition of 'Viking'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
Definition of 'Viking'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Of grim Vikings, and the rapture Of the sea fight, and the capture, And the life of slavery. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'viking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AB,
- able seaman,
- able-bodied seaman,
- air pirate,
- airplane hijacker,
- Ancient Mariner,
- Argonaut,
- Blackbeard,
- bluejacket,
- buccaneer,
- Captain Hook,
- Captain Kidd,
- corsair,
- deep-sea man,
- Dylan,
- fair-weather sailor,
- fisherman,
- Flying Dutchman,
- hearty,
- Henry Morgan,
- jack,
- jack afloat,
- jack-tar,
- jacky,
- Jean Lafitte,
- limey,
- lobsterman,
- mariner,
- matelot,
- navigator,
- Neptune,
- OD,
- picaroon,
- pirate,
- Poseidon,
- privateer,
- rover,
- sailor,
- salt,
- sea dog,
- sea king,
- sea rover,
- seafarer,
- seafaring man,
- seaman,
- shipman,
- skyjacker,
- tar,
- Varuna,
- water dog,
- whaler,
- windjammer,
- windsailor
Viking, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.