Nagaland

American  

[nah-guh-land] / ˈnɑ gəˌlænd /

noun

1. a state in NE India. 6,366 sq. mi. (16,488 sq. km). Kohima.

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Nagaland British  

/ ˈnɑːɡəˌlænd /

noun

1. a state of NE India: formed in 1962 from parts of Assam and the North-East Frontier Agency; inhabited chiefly by Naga tribes; consists of almost inaccessible forested hills and mountains (the Naga Hills ); shifting cultivation predominates. Capital: Kohima. Pop: 1 988 636 (2001). Area: 16 579 sq km (6401 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

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

Last month, Ellen Konyak was shocked to discover that a 19th-Century skull from the north-eastern Indian state of Nagaland was up for auction in the UK.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

The officers working at the polling station in Chedema village in India’s tiny mountain state of Nagaland on Friday had arrived the day before, all of them women on electoral duty for the first time.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Over 90% of Nagaland state’s more than 1.9 million people are Christian — a striking contrast in a Hindu-majority country.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2022

Calls for its repeal have come from activists and peace marchers, but also from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allies in Nagaland, including the state’s chief minister.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2022