najaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

naja (plural najas)

1. A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras

参考

• Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Naja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

語源 2

Borrowed from Navajo [Term?].

名詞

naja (plural najas)

1. A necklace or pendant made in the shape of the traditional Navajo symbol of a crescent.

   Synonym: squash blossom necklace

   • 1973, Margery Bedinger, Indian Silver: Navajo and Pueblo Jewelers, Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 229:

     Carter has several illustrations of English horse amulets that clearly resemble early Navajo najas.

   • 1997, Lauran Paine, The White Bird, Thorndike, M.E.: Thorndike Press; Bath, Somerset: Chivers Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 134:

     Belle came out of her dark place to show Sam her necklace. It was beautiful. In the center was a naja.

   • 2015 May 14, Victoria Gomelsky, “Beauty and Balance in Turquoise”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 February 2021:

     In Los Angeles, the designers Jacquie Aiche and Irene Neuwirth both said they had been seduced by Native American style. In April, Ms. Aiche debuted a limited collection of leather bolo ties anchored by a crescent-shaped pendant not unlike the traditional Navajo naja symbol, while Ms. Neuwirth showed a long rainbow-colored strand of gemstones whose silhouette recalls a luxe version of the naja, or squash blossom necklace.

アナグラム

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