Meaning
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- An unrealistic story depicting past events.
- An unrealistic story depicting past events.
- An unrealistic story depicting past events.
- An unrealistic story depicting past events.
- A person related to a legend or legends.
- A person related to a legend or legends.
- (colloquial,slang) A person related to a legend or legends.
- A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- The design and specification of a vessel.
Synonyms
map symbol
historical record
old story
popular belief
graphic illustration
Fiction
origin account
symbol table
children’s story
list of symbols
graphic example
graphical symbols, conventional signs
graphical sym. bols
il.
key to symbol
marginal data
key to legend
celebrity
conventional sign
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English legende, from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints”), from Latin legenda (“things which ought to be read”), from lego (“I read”).
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