Na·ga·land (nä?g?-l?nd?) A state of extreme eastern India on the border with Myanmar (Burma). Historically under Burmese control and later incorporated into Assam by the British, Nagaland was made a separate Indian state in 1963.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Nagaland (?n?????lænd) n (Placename) a state of NE India: formed in 1962 from parts of Assam and the North-East Frontier Agency; inhabited chiefly by Naga tribes; consists of almost inaccessible forested hills and mountains (the Naga Hills); shifting cultivation predominates. Capital: Kohima. Pop: 1 988 636 (2001). Area: 16 579 sq km (6401 sq miles)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Na?ga?land (?n? g??lænd) n. a state in NE India. 1,209,546; 6366 sq. mi. (16,488 sq. km). Cap.: Kohima. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.