Naja

See also: naja and nåja

Translingual

Etymology

From Sanskrit नाग (nāga).

Proper noun

Naja f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – true cobras.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - suborder; Elapoidea - superfamily; Elapidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Naja naja (Indian spectacled cobra) - type species

Derived terms

• Paranaja
• Pseudonaja

References

• Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Naja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Danish

Alternative forms

• Naia
• Naya

Etymology

From Greenlandic Naja, first used in Danish fiction in 1852.

Proper noun

Naja

1. a female given name

Greenlandic

Etymology

From naja (“younger sister of a male”).

Proper noun

Naja

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Najaaraq
• Najannguaq

See also

• Nuka
• Aqqalu

References

• Oqaasileriffik: The Personal Names Committee:Naja .Date of last access August 12th, 2010
• Navnestatistik for Grønland 1998
• Oqaatsit kallallisuumiit qallunaatuumut / Grønlandsk dansk ordbog, Ilinniusiorfik 2002. →ISBN