Negama (adj. -- n.) [fr. nigama] the inhabitant of a (small) town; citizen; also collect.=jana, people Vin i.268, 273; D i.136, 139; J iv.121; vi.493; Dāvs iii.3; DA i.297. Often combd with ˚jānapadā (pl.) "townsmen & countryfolk" S i.89; D iii.148, 172; J 149.