i Register
In some senses, naga is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
naga
/ˈnɑːɡə/
noun 4name 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
big, little
VERB + NAGA
nine-headed, wear
NAGA + NOUN
akin, paper-bark, rose
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A loincloth.
Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]
[…] a young lubra wearing nothing but a naga of paper-bark rose and came forward shyly.
noun
1
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.
2
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
noun
1
A member of a conglomeration of various tribes, living in Nagaland (India) and surrounding areas, and speaking various Tibeto-Burman languages.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
501
Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]
Wiktionary02
[…] a young lubra wearing nothing but a naga of paper-bark rose and came forward shyly.
Wiktionary03
PAUL RUNDLE: Backstage, they were just asking us, "Where are you from," and all that. And they were touching us and all that there, and I was just there with my little naga and, yeah. And plus we had
Wiktionary04
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.
Wiktionary05
Coordinate term: lamia
WiktionaryUsage Notes
Your note
not saved0 chars