Nagaon (Asm)

Asm: নগাঁও nagām̐ō ‘New Village’  [Nowgong] Town/District,  Assam From Asm: na, ‘new’; and gāon, ‘village’ [Skt: grama].  Nowgong was a feeble British attempt at writing Nagaon. It is neither new (it dates back to at least the 17thC) nor a village (it has a population...