Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]
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Naga
//ˈnɑːɡə//
Synonyms for "naga" (3 found)
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36 translations across 31 languages.
Balinese
1 entries- naga noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Burmese
1 entries- နဂါး noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 那伽 noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
- 龍 /龙 noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
French
1 entries- nâga noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Greek
1 entries- νάγκα noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Gujarati
1 entries- નાગ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Hindi
1 entries- नाग noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Indonesian
1 entries- naga noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Japanese
2 entries- ナーガ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
- 竜 noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦤꦒ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Kalmyk
2 entries- лус noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
- луусин хан noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Khmer
1 entries- នាគ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Korean
2 entries- 나가 noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
- 용 noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Lao
1 entries- ນາກ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Lü
1 entries- ᦓᦱᧅ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Marathi
1 entries- नाग noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Mon
1 entries- နာ် noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Mongolian
1 entries- лус noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Nepali
1 entries- नाग noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Old Javanese
1 entries- nāga noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Portuguese
1 entries- naga noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Russian
1 entries- нага noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Sanskrit
1 entries- नाग noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Shan
1 entries- ၼၵႃး noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Sikkimese
1 entries- ཀླུ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Tamil
1 entries- நாக noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Telugu
1 entries- నాగ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Thai
2 entries- นาค noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
- พญานาค noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཀླུ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Urdu
1 entries- ناگ noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Vietnamese
1 entries- naga noun (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake)
Sample sentences
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[…] a young lubra wearing nothing but a naga of paper-bark rose and came forward shyly.
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PAUL RUNDLE: Backstage, they were just asking us, "Where are you from," and all that. And they were touching us and all that there, and I was just there with my little naga and, yeah. And plus we had no ochre, so we had to use sunscreen.
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2008, Derrick Tomlinson, "Too white to be regarded as Aborigines: An historical analysis of policies for the protection of Aborigines and the assimilation of Aborigines of mixed descent, and the role of Chief Protectors of Aborigines in the formulation and implementation of those policies, in Western Australia from 1898 to 1940" (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Notre Dame Australia. They doesn’t dress like people doing the Law this time, walking in shirt and tie, they used to have naga and really truly paint up, real tribal way, you know?
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