Southeast Asian
Britishadjective
noun
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The name combines "Naga," a legendary serpent from Thai and Southeast Asian mythology, with "Titan," referencing the giants of Greek mythology.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
The Philippines, among the worst affected by fuel price spikes caused by the Iran war, hosted the Assn. of Southeast Asian Nations annual summit on the central island province of Cebu.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
South Korea and Japan appear most vulnerable, but oil reserves in several Southeast Asian countries are also running critically low.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The last major train crash in the Southeast Asian country killed four crew members and injured about two dozen people elsewhere in the West Java province in January 2024.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Only on the remote Andaman Islands do languages unrelated to the South Chinese language families persist—the last linguistic survivors of what must have been hundreds of now extinct aboriginal Southeast Asian languages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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