naga

noun3

1. •
   A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.

   • The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan. — 1974
2. •
   (slang) A fictional creature with the lower body of a snake, and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version thereof, or of a human or another humanoid creature. The serpentine equivalent of a taur.
3. •
   (Australia) A loincloth.

   • Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […] — 1926

noun1

1. •
   A member of a conglomeration of various tribes, living in Nagaland (India) and surrounding areas, and speaking various Tibeto-Burman languages.