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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

We knew nothing really about the Naga Hills, but the name sounded wonderful, full of the mysteries of the colonial East.

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2010

Two U.S. pilots winging over the head-hunter-inhabited Naga Hills on a routine patrol flight toward Burma were the first to spot the Japanese attack force heading into India.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sallajee lived to fight against us, during the campaign in the Naga Hills in 1879–80.

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