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Naga Hills

American  
[nah-guh] / ˈnɑ gə /

noun

  1. a region in northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar (Burma), on the India-Myanmar border.


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The Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition filed by the state government claiming ownership of more than 25 acres of land at Naga Hills because it wasn’t filed on time, the newspaper reported.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2012

So low were we that it was only the following morning that, having scrambled up a steep bank, I caught sight of the Naga Hills for the first time.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2010

It was a very inefficient means of getting to the Naga Hills.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2010

Despite the quiet on the central Himalayan front, India has good reason to believe that Peking is attempting an end run on India's defenses in the Naga Hills at the eastern end of the border.

From Time Magazine Archive

We had not been dull in the Naga Hills, still less in Manipur, for I was always interested in native life.

From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by James Johnstone, chevalier de Johnstone

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