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nag champa

nag champa noun: a sandalwood-heavy perfume oil originating in India, or incense thus perfumed.

Noun

nag champa (uncountable)

  1. A sandalwood-heavy perfume oil originating in India, or incense thus perfumed
    • They were very young and very quiet and I was not in the mood, so I went down to the incense seller, near Kmart, and bought a couple of boxes of nag champa.2001 September 21, Cara Jepsen, “New York Diary”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of nag champa

From Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “cobra”), in this context "breath, spirit," + चंपा (caṃpā, “plumeria flowers”).

Questions about nag champa

What does nag champa mean?
Nag champa means a sandalwood-heavy perfume oil originating in India, or incense thus perfumed.
What part of speech is nag champa?
Nag champa is a noun.

Words near nag champa in the dictionary

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  2. Nafud
  3. Nafziger
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  5. nag
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  7. Nag Hammadi
  8. nag screen
  9. nag screens
  10. Nag-iba I
  11. Nag-iba II

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