Nagar (
-nagar
Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone parts ...
) can refer to:
Places
Bangladesh
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Nagar, Rajshahi Division, a village
* Nagar,
Barisal Division
Barishal Division is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Located in the south-central part of the country, it has an area of , and a population of 8,325,666 at the 2011 Census. It is the least populous Division within the ent ...
, a settlement
India
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Nagar taluka, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra State
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Nagar, Murshidabad
Nagar is a village in the Khargram CD block in the Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located about 190 km from Kolkata, the state capital.
Geography
Location
Nagar is located at
Area ...
, a village in West Bengal
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Nagar, Rajasthan
Brij Nagar (Commonly known as Nagar) is town and tehsil in Bharatpur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated equidistant among Bharatpur, Alwar & Mathura. Nagar is famous for the sweets called ''Jaleba'', a bigger version of ja ...
, a town in Rajasthan
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Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, a pargana in
Basti district
Basti district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India, and a part of Basti Division. Basti city is the district headquarters.
Origin of name and history
Basti was originally known as Vaishishthi. The origin of the name Vaishis ...
Iran
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Nagar, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province
Pakistan
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Nagar Valley
Nagar (Nagar) is a former princely state and one of the ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The valley is along the Karakoram Highway on the way north from the city of Gilgit. The valley is home to many high mountain peaks including Ra ...
in northern Pakistan
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Nagar, Pakistan
Nagarkhas ( ur, نگرخاس), also known as Oyum-Nagar is the headquarters of the Nagar District of Gilgit–Baltistan and is one of the largest towns in that district. Situated on the bank of the Nagar River, it was also the capital of the f ...
, a town
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Nagar District
The Nagar District ( ur, ) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Nagar District was established in 2015 by the division of the Hunza–Nagar District into two districts: the Hunza District and the ...
, an administrative unit
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Nagar (princely state)
Nagar ( ur, , ''Riyasat Nagar'') was a princely salute state in the northern part of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. Until August 1947, it was in a subsidiary alliance with British India. It bordered the states of the Gilgit Agency to the south ...
, a former autonomous princely state
Syria
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Nagar, Syria
Tell Brak (Nagar, Nawar) was an ancient city in Syria; its remains constitute a tell located in the Upper Khabur region, near the modern village of Tell Brak, 50 kilometers north-east of Al-Hasaka city, Al-Hasakah Governorate. The city' ...
(modern Tell Brak), an ancient city
Subcastes
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Nagar Brahmins
The Nagar Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Gujarat.
Author T. Sasaki says, Among Brahmins in Gujarat Nagar Brahmins were most prominent subdivision in the political, economic and social activities of this r ...
, a subcaste in Hinduism
See also
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Naga (disambiguation)
Naga or NAGA may refer to:
Mythology
* Nāga, 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 Ri ...
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Nagara (disambiguation) Nagara may refer to:
Places
* Nagara (ancient city), an ancient city in Afghanistan
* Nagara, Karnataka, India
* Nagara, Chiba, a town in Japan
* Nagara River, a river in Japan
People with the surname
* Masashi Nagara (born 1977), Japanese fe ...
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