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nāga

nāga is the alternative spelling of naga.

Meaning of naga

Noun (1)

naga (plural nagas)

  1. (Australia) A loincloth.
    • Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]1926 October 30, The Sydney Morning Herald

Noun (2)

naga (plural nagas)

  1. (Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
    • The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 257
  2. (slang) A fictional creature with the lower body of a snake, and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version thereof, or of a human or another humanoid creature. The serpentine equivalent of a taur.
    • Coordinate term: lamia

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Noun capitalized: Nāga

Nāga (plural Nāgas)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Naga.

Forms of nāga

pluralnāgas
pluralNāgas

Questions about nāga

What is nāga the alternative spelling of?
Nāga is the alternative spelling of naga.
What part of speech is nāga?
Nāga is a noun.
What is the plural of nāga?
The plural of nāga is nāgas.

Words near nāga in the dictionary

  1. Nüshu
  2. Nüwa
  3. Nüzhen
  4. Nüzhens
  5. Nüzhi
  6. nāga
  7. nāgas
  8. Nārada
  9. Nāṣirism
  10. Nāṣirisms
  11. Nāṣirist

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