Naga
1 Americannoun
plural
Nagas,plural
Naga-
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Myanmar (Burma).
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any of the Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by the Naga.
noun
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a city on E Cebu, in the S central Philippines.
noun
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a member of a people of NE India and W Myanmar: until the early 20th century they practised head-hunting
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the language of this people, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family of languages and having many dialects
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Midway through the chat, presenter Naga Munchetty asked him: "One day will we see you on the pitch singing as one of the players?"
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
“Expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut next month have been pared back significantly … which could provide some support to the currency and yields,” Naga market analyst Frank Walbaum said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Educated at a local Christian school, he was drawn early to the ideas of revolution and Naga nationalism.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
By his teens, Muivah was already a Naga nationalist, singing "God Bless My Nagaland" at school and questioning why his people lived in "humiliation" under the colonial government.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Dimapur—A terrible storm—Cultivation—Aggression by Konoma—My ultimatum—Konoma submits—Birth of a son—Forest flowers—A fever patient—Proposed change of station—Leave Naga Hills—March through the forest—Depredation by tigers—Calcutta—Return to England.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
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