naga
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
naga /ˈnɑːgə/
▶noun (in Indian mythology) a member of a semi-divine race, part human, part cobra in form.
– origin from Sanskrit nāga ‘serpent’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Naga /ˈnɑːgə/
▶noun (pl. same or Nagas)
- 1 a member of a group of peoples living in Burma (Myanmar) and NE India.
- 2 any of the Tibeto-Burman languages of the Naga.
– origin perh. from Sanskrit nagna ‘naked’ or naga ‘mountain’.
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