Naga or NAGA may refer to:

Mythology

Nāga The Nagas (IAST: ''nāga''; Devanāgarī: नाग) are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. ...

, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions * Naga Kingdom, in the epic ''Mahabharata'' * Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong River * Naga, another name for

Bakunawa The Bakunawa is a serpent-like dragon in Philippine mythology. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses, earthquakes, rains, and wind. The movements of the Bakunawa served as a geomantic calendar system for ancient Filipinos and were part of t ...

, a sea serpent deity in Filipino mythology

Clans and ethnic groups

Naga people Nagas are various ethnic groups native to northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar. The groups have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority of population in the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur and Naga Self-Administered ...

, an ethnic group of northeast India and northwest Burma *

Nagas of Padmavati The Naga ( IAST: Nāga) dynasty ruled parts of north-central India during the 3rd and the 4th centuries, after the decline of the Kushan Empire and before the rise of the Gupta Empire. Its capital was located at Padmavati, which is identified w ...

, a royal dynasty of the 3–4 centuries AD *

Naga Rajputs Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

, a group of Rajput clans * Naga people (Lanka), an ancient tribe of Sri Lanka * Naga Sadhus, Hindu ascetics of the Himalayas

Hot peppers

Naga Morich The Naga Morich, (also known as Naga Moriç in Sylheti) is a chili pepper grown in Northeast India and Bangladesh. There is no consensus on whether this is synonymous with the Bhut Jolokia, or a different variety. It is also one of the hottest k ...

* Bhut jolokia *

Naga Viper pepper The Naga Viper pepper is a hot chili pepper. In 2011, it was recorded as the "World's Hottest Chili" by the ''Guinness World Records'' with a rating of 1,382,118 Scoville heat units (SHU), but was surpassed in SHU by the current world record ho ...

Organizations

Naga Regiment The Naga Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It is among the youngest regiments of the Indian Army - the first battalion was raised in Ranikhet, Kumaon in 1970. The regiment recruits mainly from Nagaland, in northeast India. Hi ...

, an infantry regiment of the Indian Army *

North American Grappling Association The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) is a grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) promotion started in 1995. NAGA Submission Grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments are held throughout North America and Europe. NAGA is the l ...

North American Guqin Association The North American Guqin Association (; often abbreviated to NAGA) is a guqin society based in the State of California, in the United States, which serves ''guqin'' players on the West Coast of the United States. Of the three major qin societies o ...

National African American Gun Association The National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) is an organization that promotes gun rights among African-Americans in the United States. It has over 45,000 members, more than 75 chapters in the United States, and has grown significantly i ...

People

* Prince Naga (c. 8th century), Japanese prince * Tarek Naga (born 1953), Egyptian architect *

Nagarjuna (actor) Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao (born 29 August 1959), known mononymously as Nagarjuna, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and entrepreneur. Nagarjuna has acted predominantly in Telugu language, Telugu, along with a few Hindi and T ...

(born 1959), Indian film actor *

Kal Naga Khaled Muhammad Samy Abol Naga ( ar, خالد سامي أبو النجا; born November 2, 1966), credited as Khaled Abol Naga ( ar, خالد أبو النجا) and by the mononym Kal Naga, is an Egyptian actor, director and producer. He is re ...

(born 1966), Egyptian actor, director and producer *

Naga Munchetty Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah (born 25 February 1975), also known as Naga Munchetty, is a British television presenter, newsreader and journalist. She regularly presents '' BBC Breakfast''. She is also a former presenter of BBC World Ne ...

(born 1975), English journalist and television presenter * (born 1983), Indonesian male singer known as Naga * Naga Kiran (born 1983), Indian actor * Alobo Naga (born 1984), Indian singer and songwriter * Naga Chaitanya (born 1986), Indian film actor * Naga (director), Indian television and film director

Places

* Kampung Naga, West Java, Indonesia *

Naga, Camarines Sur Naga, officially the City of Naga (Central Bikol: ''Siyudad nin Naga''; Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Naga''; fil, Lungsod ng Naga) or the Pilgrim City of Naga, is a 1st class independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. ...

, Philippines * Naga, Cebu, Philippines * Naga District, Mie, Japan * Naga District, Wakayama, Japan * Naga Hills on the India-Myanmar border * Naga Hills District or

Hkamti District Hkamti District or Khamti District (sometimes Naga Hills District) is a district in northern Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Singkaling Hkamti. Townships The district consists of the two townships: ...

in Burma *

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

in Asia *

Naga, Wakayama was a town located in Naga District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,814 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The s ...

, a town in Japan *

Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay Naga, officially the Municipality of Naga ( ceb, Lungsod sa Naga; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Naga''; tl, Bayan ng Naga), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a pop ...

, Philippines *

Naga River The Naga River ( Central Bicol: ''Salog Naga'') is a river in Naga City, Philippines. It is an extension of the Bicol River The Bicol River is the eighth largest river in the Philippines in terms of drainage basin size with an estimated catchmen ...

, river in Philippines *

Naqa Naqa or Naga'a ( ar, ٱلـنَّـقْـعَـة, An-Naqʿah) is a ruined ancient city of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë in modern-day Sudan. The ancient city lies about north-east of Khartoum, and about east of the Nile River located at appr ...

(alternative spelling Naga), a ruined city and archaelogic site in

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

Arts and media

Fictional characters

* Naga (Marvel Comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Universe * Naga the Serpent, a character in the ''Slayers'' media franchise * Naga, a character in the video game and anime series ''Monster Rancher'' * Naga Sadow, a Sith Lord in the ''Star Wars Expanded Universe'' * Naga, the primary antagonist of the anime television series, '' Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' * Naga (''The Legend of Korra''), a female polar bear-dog character and Avatar Korra's faithful animal guide in ''The Legend of Korra'' * Nagi, the reincarnation of Naga from '' Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' and ''Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~'' * Naga Ray, a character from '' Uchu Sentai Kyuranger'' * Naga, an operator in the video game '' Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War''.

Other fictional elements

* Naga (''Dungeons & Dragons''), various creatures * Naga, a race of Rokugan in the Legend of the Five Rings fictional setting * Naga (''Warcraft''), an amphibious race in the ''Warcraft'' series * Naga, a battlecruiser-sized ship class in '' Eve Online'' * Naga, a race of cryptids in ''

The Secret Saturdays ''The Secret Saturdays'' is an American animated television series created by Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens for Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 3, 2008 in the United States. The series follows the adventures of the Saturdays, a family of ...

'' * The Naga Empire, an antagonistic faction in the 2015 action-adventure video game '' Rodea the Sky Soldier''

Other uses in arts and media

* ''

Naaga ''Naaga'' is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language political action film starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Sadaf, Jennifer Kotwal and Raghuvaran in main roles. The film is directed by D.K Suresh. The film was released on 10 January 2003. The film's ...

'', a 2003 Indian film * ''Naga'' (album), a 2018 studio album by B.o.B

Other uses

Naga languages The Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages under the Kuki-Chin-Naga languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples. Northern Naga languages do not fall within the group, in spite of being spoken by Naga groups; instead, th ...

, spoken in northeastern India and Myanmar *

Naga Bikol The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the island of Luzon, the neighboring island province of Catanduanes and the island of Burias in Masbate. Internal ...

, the variant of the Bikol languages spoken in Naga, Camarines Sur, Philippines * Naga fireball, a phenomenon seen along the Mekong River *

Razer Naga The Razer Naga is a series of gaming mice released by Razer Inc. designed specifically for massively multiplayer online (MMO) and multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games like Dota 2 and League of Legends. The name is believed by many to b ...

, a series of gaming mice by Razer *

NAGA (gene) Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''NAGA'' gene. NAGA encodes the lysosomal enzyme alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase, which cleaves alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminyl moieties from glycoconjugates. Mutations i ...

, which encodes the enzyme alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase