Nagaland

na·ga·land
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/ˈnɑːɡə.lænd/

proper noun

A state in northeastern India. Capital: Kohima.

OriginEnglish land ← Middle English lond ← Old English land →
Less commonScrabble 10
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A state in northeastern India. Capital: Kohima.

    The film comes from Nagaland, a mountainous state of fewer than two million people on India's northeastern frontier, and is in Konyak, a tribal language unfamiliar to most Indians, never mind audiences abroad.

    2026 September 25, Zoya Mateen, “From Nagaland to a path to the Oscars: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinema”, in BBC News, retrieved 25 Sep 2026

Origin

  1. EnglishNaga
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*landą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*land
  5. Old Englishland
  6. Middle Englishlond
  7. Englishland
  8. EnglishNagaland

From Naga + -land.

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Translations

Arabic ناغالاند
  • ناغالاند (nāghālānd)state in northeastern India
Bengali নাগাল্যান্ড, নাগাস্তান
  • নাগাল্যান্ড (nagalênḍ)state in northeastern India
  • নাগাস্তান (nagastan)state in northeastern India
Bulgarian Нагаланд
  • Нагаланд (Nagaland)state in northeastern India
Chinese Mandarin 那加蘭邦 /那加兰邦
  • 那加蘭邦 /那加兰邦 (Nàjiālán-bāng)state in northeastern India
Finnish Nagaland
  • Nagalandstate in northeastern India
Greek Ναγκαλάντ
  • Ναγκαλάντ (Nagkalánt)state in northeastern India
Hebrew נאגאלנד
  • נאגאלנדstate in northeastern India
Hindi नागालैंड, नागा
  • नागालैंड (nāgālaiṇḍ)state in northeastern India
  • नागा (nāgā)state in northeastern India
  • नागालैण्ड (nāgālaiṇḍ)state in northeastern India
  • नागास्तान (nāgāstān)state in northeastern India
Hungarian Nágaföld
  • Nágaföldstate in northeastern India
Japanese ナガランド州, ナガランド
  • ナガランド州 (Nagarando-shū)state in northeastern India
  • ナガランド (Nagarando)state in northeastern India
Korean 나갈랜드 주, 나갈랜드
  • 나갈랜드 주 (Nagallaendeu ju)state in northeastern India
  • 나갈랜드 (Nagallaendeu)state in northeastern India
Latvian Nāgālenda
  • Nāgālendastate in northeastern India
Lithuanian Nagalandas
  • Nagalandasstate in northeastern India
Persian ناگاستان
  • ناگاستان (nâgâstân)state in northeastern India
Portuguese Nagaland
  • Nagalandstate in northeastern India
Punjabi ਨਾਗਾਲੈਂਡ
  • ਨਾਗਾਲੈਂਡ (nāgālaiṇḍ)state in northeastern India
Russian На́галенд, Нагале́нд
  • На́галенд (Nágalend)state in northeastern India
  • Нагале́нд (Nagalénd)state in northeastern India
Tamil நாகாலாந்து
  • நாகாலாந்து (nākālāntu)state in northeastern India
Thai นาคาแลนด์
  • นาคาแลนด์ (naa-kaa-lɛɛn)state in northeastern India
Urdu ناگاستان, ناگالَینْڈ
  • ناگاستان (nāgāstān)state in northeastern India
  • ناگالَینْڈ (nāgālainḍ)state in northeastern India

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

Nagaland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagaland

MLA

“Nagaland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagaland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nagaland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagaland.

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