Naja

See also:najaandnåja

Translingual

Etymology

FromSanskritनाग(nāga).

Proper noun

Najaf

1. A taxonomicgenuswithin thefamilyElapidae–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

• Najaon Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Najaon Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Najaon Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Danish

Alternative forms

• Naia
• Naya

Etymology

FromGreenlandicNaja,first used in Danish fiction in 1852.

Proper noun

Naja

1. a femalegiven name

Greenlandic

Etymology

Fromnaja(“younger sister of a male”).

Proper noun

Naja

1. a femalegiven 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