Meaning of Sagan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Sagan.
   alt-of
2. A surname.
3. A unit of measurement equal to at least four billion.
   humorous, slang
4. A village in Sardasht Rural District, in the Central District of Bashagard County, Hormozgan Province, Iran.
5. A river in southern Ethiopia.
6. A town in southern Ethiopia, named for the river.

Examples

“Today, there is a well-known joke unit of measurement called a Sagan. a Sagan is four billion—the smallest number⟳ that could fit the description "billions and billions."”

“I had resolved to pass⟳ along the eastern shore of Lake Ganjule, in order⟳ to solve⟳ the problem of the sources of the river Sagan, the largest affluent of Lake Stefanie, which was supposed to flow⟳ out of Lake Ganjule. This I found to be not the case. The sources of the Sagan lie⟳ east of the south end⟳ of Lake Abaya. But there is a broad channel connecting Lake Ganjule with the Sagan.”

“Part of it was that I just couldn't deal⟳ with a piece of primal matter⟳ floating around for sagans of years, eroding away until it became a nice, shiny, sharp-as-William-F.-Buckley's-tongue sword, with the old familiar "S" symbol coincidentally engraved on its hilt.”

“"There must be a sagan of them up there."”

“There are sagans of other planets crying out for this knowledge.”

“The Jet and xBase database engines have⟳ been pounded on by who knows how many developers and end-users for years, which amounts to sagans and sagans of hours of real-world testing!”

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