Naja
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Translingual
Etymology
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; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - suborder; Elapoidea - superfamily; Elapidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Naja naja (Indian spectacled cobra) - type species
Derived terms
References
Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
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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