NAGA


'Naga' or 'nāga' can refer to:
In 'mythology':

Nāga, a race of supernatural beings usually depicted with both snake and human attributes.


★ In India, nāga are depicted as subterranean and as an opponent to the eagle-like Garuda.


★ In Southeast Asian mythologies, the Nāga is revered as the original ancestor of the Cambodian people.


★ In the Mahavamsa, Nāgas are reported as an aboriginal tribe living in Sri Lanka.
In 'demography':

Naga people, an ethnic group living in Nagaland and Manipur state in the northeastern part of India.

Naga (clan), a clan of Jats in India.
In 'geography':

Naga District, Mie, a former district in Mie prefecture, Japan.

Naga District, Wakayama, a former district in Wakayama prefecture, Japan.


Naga, Wakayama, a town in that district.

★ The name of several political territories in the Philippines:


Naga City, Camarines Sur


Naga City, Cebu


Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay
In 'linguistics':

★ In Sanskrit and many languages derived from it, Naga means snake.

★ In Tamil and related languages the word Naga specifically means Cobra, and in biology the genus name for cobras, ''Naja'' derives from this.

★ in Sanskrit and Pali, Naga can also mean elephant , as in the Naga Sutta.

★ In Malay, Indonesian and Javanese, Naga means dragon.
In 'games':

Naga (Warcraft), a fictional race of reptilian sea-monsters mutated from elves in the ''Warcraft'' Universe.

Naga, a species of monster from the ''Monster Rancher'' video games.

Naga (Dungeons & Dragons); these include spirit nagas, dark nagas, aquatic nagas, and guardian nagas.

Nagah, a race of wereserpents in ''.

★ Naga, a race of half human serpents in the game Guild wars.
'Naga' may also mean:

★ N.A.G.A. The Newfoundland Alberta Golf Association. Akin to the USGA and Royal & Ancient it oversees the annual NAGA Cup golf tournament.

Naga the Serpent, a character in the ''Slayers'' animated series.

Naga Jolokia pepper, an extremely hot chile pepper.

Naga (comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Universe and enemy of Sub-Mariner.

★ The North American Grappling Association, a grappling event organiser.

Naga Sadow, an ancient Sith from Star Wars.

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