Viking
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Viking /ˈvʌɪkɪŋ/
▶noun any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of NW Europe in the 8th–11th centuries.
– origin from ON víkingr, from vík ‘creek’ or OE wīc ‘camp, dwelling place’.
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