Crossword clues for sagene
sagene
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sagene
Sagene \Sa*gene"\, n. [Russ. sajene.] A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet.
Wiktionary
sagene
n. (alternative form of sazhen English)
Wikipedia
Sagene
Sagene is a district of the city of Oslo, Norway. The area became part of the city of Oslo (then Christiania) in 1859.
The name Sagene itself is the plural of the Norwegian word for "saw", reflecting all the old industrial mechanical saws powered by the river Akerselva in this area in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Usage examples of "sagene".
Every such block is the size of a cubic sagene and weighs hundreds of poods.
And then we write to the proper authorities-so many cubic sagenes of masonry washed away by the storms.