Naja
Translingual
Etymology
From Sinhalese නයා (nayā).
Proper noun
Naja f
- 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; Caenophidia – clade; Elapoidea – superfamily; Elapidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Naja naja (Indian spectacled cobra) - type species
Derived terms
References
- Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Naja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dzongkha ན་རྒྱ་ (na rgya).
Proper noun
Naja
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Greenlandic Naja, first used in Danish fiction in 1852.
Proper noun
Naja
- a female given name
Greenlandic
Etymology
From naja (“younger sister of a male”).
Proper noun
Naja
- a female given name
Related terms
See also
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