Nagaland (Nag) ‘Land of the Nagas’. Fom Bur/Kch: no, ‘ear’; and ka, ‘pierced’: ‘(people with) pierced ears’. This is a common, albeit controversial, derivation: others suggest derivations from Skt: nāga, ‘serpent’; naga, ‘mountain’; or nagna, ‘naked’. Naga is an...
(Hin): कोहिमा kohima ‘Kewhi Flower’ [Kewhimia, Kewhi-ra] – City/Capital/District, Nagaland Kohima was founded in 1878 and became the HQ of the Naga Hills region. When the state of Nagaland was created in 1963 it became the capital. Kohima is a British...
The ‘Seven Sisters’ are a family of seven states on the North Eastern Region (NER) of India: Arunachal Pradesh (ArP), Assam (Asm), Manipur (Man), Meghalaya (Meg), Mizoram (Miz), Nagaland (Nag), Tripura (Tri). Sikkim is usually included as a brother state....
