Naga

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Contents 1 Mythology 2 Demography 3 Geography 4 Linguistics 5 Games 6 Popular culture 7 Other uses

Naga or nāga can refer to:

[edit] Mythology

• Nāga, a race of supernatural beings usually depicted with both snake and human attributes
  • In India, nāga are depicted as subterranean and as an opponent to the eagle-like Garuda
  • In Southeast Asian mythologies, the Nāga is revered as the original ancestor of the Cambodian people
  • In the Mahavamsa, Nāgas are reported as an aboriginal tribe living in Sri Lanka
• The Akkorokamui, a gigantic fish-like or octopus-like monster from Ainu folklore

[edit] Demography

• Naga people, an ethnic group living in Nagaland and Manipur state in the northeastern part of India
• Naga (clan), a clan of Jats in India

[edit] Geography

• Naga District, Mie, a former district in Mie prefecture, Japan
• Naga District, Wakayama, a former district in Wakayama prefecture, Japan
  • Naga, Wakayama, a town in that district
• The name of several political territories in the Philippines:
  • Naga City, Camarines Sur
  • Naga City, Cebu
  • Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay

[edit] Linguistics

• In Sanskrit and many languages derived from it, Naga means snake
• In Tamil and related languages, Naga specifically means Cobra, and in biology the genus name for cobras, Naja derives from this
• In Sanskrit and Pali, Naga can also mean elephant
• In Malay, Indonesian and Japanese, Naga means dragon

[edit] Games

• Naga (Warcraft), a fictional race of reptilian sea-monsters mutated from elves in the Warcraft Universe
• Naga, a species of monster from the Monster Rancher video games
• Naga (Dungeons & Dragons), creatures including spirit nagas, dark nagas, aquatic nagas, and guardian nagas
• Nagah, a race of wereserpents in Werewolf: The Apocalypse
• Naga, a race of half human serpents in the game Guild wars
• Naga, a combat mecha from the Heavy Gear line of games
• Naga, a level 6 Tower creature from the Heroes of Might and Magic series of games
• Naga, a common creature in early final fantasy games, appears as an odd-colored serpent with a womens head

[edit] Popular culture

• Naga the Serpent, a character in the Slayers animated series
• Naga (comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Universe and enemy of Sub-Mariner
• Naga Sadow, a character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe

[edit] Other uses

• Naga Jolokia pepper, an extremely hot chili pepper
• The North American Grappling Association, a grappling event organiser
• The Newfoundland Alberta Golf Association
• A guitar manufacturer, based in China