Naga
1 Americannoun
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Nagas,
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Naga
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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.
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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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Following the decision, the Pitt Rivers is now organising an official handover ceremony involving a Naga delegation.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The latest announcement concerns only the ancestral remains, and follows a declaration made by a Naga declaration visiting Oxford in 2025, in which the group requested the objects be returned.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Skyroot came into being in 2018 when Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka - who were colleagues at Isro - quit their jobs and co-founded the space-tech start-up to build rocket components for satellites.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Tan has also given more responsibility to Naga Chandrasekaran, a Ph.D engineer with a deep technical knowledge of semiconductors who has over the past year become the foundry’s most important salesman, people inside Intel say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
They are a fine hardy race, and in my time the Naga Hills police was largely recruited from them.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by James Johnstone, chevalier de Johnstone
More than half are Meiteis, while around 43% are Kukis and Nagas, the predominant minority tribes.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
Nagas and Kukis live in the poorly developed hills.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
Seeking self-rule, Nagas had announced independence a day ahead of India in 1947 and commemorate this moment every year.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2022
One of the sticking points involves boundaries, with the Nagas wanting the incorporation of parts of territory that have been added to neighboring states.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
The Nagas are skilful iron-workers and turn out very handsome spears.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by James Johnstone, chevalier de Johnstone
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