Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name used in India.
  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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From Sanskrit, literally meaning king (-raj) of snakes (nag-).

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Examples

  • A big pink rose was left by someone named "Nagaraj".

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  • "I wouldn't mind telling my five good friends that I'm dating, but I don't want my loose connections to know," Nagaraj said.

    Even on the Web, many are too private for cupid Ellen McCarthy 2010

  • As for Nagaraj, he hasn't abandoned the quest to develop a viable dating site.

    Even on the Web, many are too private for cupid Ellen McCarthy 2010

  • "The trail of dating sites relying heavily on Facebook is littered with failures," Nagaraj said from the San Francisco office of his company, Triangulate.

    Even on the Web, many are too private for cupid Ellen McCarthy 2010

  • But as Nagaraj realized, most of them failed to consider one factor: Not everyone wants to broadcast to the world that they're single and looking for love.

    Even on the Web, many are too private for cupid Ellen McCarthy 2010

  • Nisha N Patkar, daughter of Nagaraj and Barathi Patkars, has scaled new heights in the field of chess.

    Chess Princess: Nisha N Patkar Jan 2008

  • Nisha N Patkar, daughter of Nagaraj and Barathi Patkars, has scaled new heights in the field of chess.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Jan 2008

  • Nimbalkar said that on a tip off, Tilakwadi CPI Mahanteshwar, Market CPI S K Marihal, Camp CPI S M Nagaraj and PSI Vishwanathrao Kulkarni and team kept a watch on the movements of the accused and grabbed them, seizing the idol and two Hero Honda bikes near Hindalga Ganesh temple.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008

  • G K Nagaraj, placement officer at IIM-B , disagreed.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Abhay N 2006

  • As the great contemporary social theorist D.R. Nagaraj put it, these terms capture the conflict between "self-purification" and "self-respect", where Mr. Gandhi's was the upper-caste self and Mr. Ambedkar's the Dalit self.

    NYT > Home Page By ANANYA VAJPEYI 2011

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