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Nanyang Siang Pau Nanyang Siang Pau or Nanyang Business Daily () was founded by philanthropist-entrepreneur Tan Kah Kee on 6 September 1923 in Singapore, currently published in Malaysia. The Singapore edition of the paper has merged with Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) on March 16, 1983 to form the current Lianhe Zaobao, and has ceased to exist.
Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University (Abbreviation: NTU; , abbreviated 南大; Malay: Universiti Teknologi Nanyang) is a major research university in Singapore. The University's garden campus, known as the Yunnan Garden campus is in the South-western part of Singapore Island.
Nanyang Technological University Libraries The Nanyang Technological University Libraries consist of a total of 5 libraries located within the Nanyang Technological University campus in Jurong, Singapore. All of the Libraries are open to all staff and students of NTU, regardless of which faculty they belong to.
Nanyang, Henan Nanyang () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Henan province, People's Republic of China. The city with the largest area of administration in Henan, Nanyang borders Xinyang to the southeast, Zhumadian to the east, Pingdingshan to the northeast, Luoyang to the north, Sanmenxia to the northwest, the province of Shaanxi to the west, and the province of Hubei to the south.
Nanyue Nányuè, or Nam Việt, (, Quốc ngữ: Nam Việt) was an ancient kingdom that consisted of parts of the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and much of modern northern Vietnam. It was named Triệu Dynasty by the Vietnamese.
Nanyuki Nanyuki is a market town in central Kenya, lying north west of Mount Kenya. It was founded by British settlers in 1907 and is still often visited by the British Army, as well as climbers and backpackers on their way to or from Mount Kenya.
Nanzhao Nanzhao (Traditional Chinese: 南詔; Simplified Chinese: 南诏; pinyin: Nánzhāo; Alternate spellings: Nanchao; Nan Chao) was a Bai kingdom that flourished in East Asia during the 8th and 9th centuries. It was centered around present-day Yunnan in China.
NaN In computing, NaN (Not a Number) is a value or symbol that is usually produced as the result of an operation on invalid input operands, especially in floating-point calculations. For example, most floating-point units are unable to explicitly calculate the square root of negative numbers, and will instead indicate that the operation was invalid and return a NaN result.
NaNoEdMo NaNoEdMo, or National Novel Editing Month, is a follow up to NaNoWriMo. Taking place in March (following up on November, the NaNoWriMo month), NaNoEdMo is a project to complete 50 hours of editing, revising, or re-writing of a completed novel.
NaNoWriMo NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is a creative writing project originating in the United States in which each participant attempts to write a fifty-thousand-word novel in a single month. The project was started by Chris Baty in July 1999 with 21 participants, and has been held annually in November since 2000.
Nao Bustamante Nao Bustamante is an internationally known performance art pioneer originating from the San Joaquin Valley of California. Her work encompasses performance art, sculpture, installation, video art, pop music and experimental rips in time.
Naoe Kanetsugu (1560-1619) a notable retainer of the Japanese clan of Uesugi following the Sengoku period to the Edo period of the 17th century of Japan. Kanetsugu was the son of Higuchi Kanetoyo, later serving the eldest son of Uesugi Kenshin, Kagekatsu.
Naoki Bando Naoki Bando (often credited as "Naoki Bandou", born December 12, 1957) is a seiyū who has worked on a few videogame titles and anime series. He provides the voice of Lord Emon in Shadow of the Colossus, and the voice of Larikush in Baten Kaitos.
Naoki Prize The Naoki Prize was created in 1935 in memory of Japanese novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Kikuchi Kan, then editor of Bungei Shunju magazine, began it in order to recognize the best popular literature written by any young author.
Naoki Sato Naoki Sato (佐藤 直紀, Satou Naoki) is a Japanese composer and producer who has provided the music for several popular anime series. He was born on May 2 of 1970 and graduated in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo College of Music.
Naoki Tanemura Naoki Tanemura(種村直樹) is a writer in Japan it, an essayist, and a critic, a Railway Writer. A lot of thing commentaries, the account of a trip sentences, and the mysteries are announced concerning the railway in Japan.
Naoki Yanase (March 2, 1943 - ) is Japanese scholar of English literature and translator, well known as who translated Finnegans Wake completely. His translation is famous for his original style which makes full use of a word play or a play on words.
Naoki Yasuzaki Naoki Yasuzaki (born August 1, 1969) is a Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario and finished 22nd in the individual large hill event at those same championships.
Naoko Imoto Naoko Imoto (born May 20, 1976) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Eri Yamanoi, and Suzu Chiba.
Naoko Ken Ken Naoko (研ナオコ; real name Noguchi Nawoko (野口なを子; maiden surname 浅田) on 7 July 1953 in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress and singer. Ken has had at least one song appear on the NHK program Minna no Uta.
Naoma Sailing Club Nautical Athletical Organization of Mati Attika (Abbreviation: NAOMA) is a sailing club located in Mati, in the eastern part of the Attica region in Greece. It regularly organises and holds various competitions, events and seminars about nautical and sailing matters.
Naome (Dungeons & Dragons) In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Naome "the Golden," was the clever consort of Belial, the arch-fiend who formerly ruled the 4th layer of Baator, Phlegethos. She is the mother of Lady Fierna, Belial's daughter who's currently ruling the layer.
Naomi Almeida Naomi Almeida was 5 years old when she was abducted from her father's home in London, Ontario in August 2001. She had been sleeping on the couch in her father's ground floor apartment, and the patio door had been left open to cool the apartment.
Naomi Ben-Ami Naomi Ben-Ami is an Israeli government official and the current head of the liaison bureau Lishkat Hakesher, also known as Nativ. She has worked at the Israeli Foreign Ministry since 1983, including a posting at Israel's Moscow embassy as a political advisor.
Naomi Castle Naomi Castle (born May 29, 1974 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Castle was the captain of the Australian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics where they placed 4th.
Naomi Kawase Kawase Naomi (河瀬直美) (born May 30 1969 in Nara, Japan) is a Japanese film director. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father her abandoned her as a child, and Katatsumori, about the grandmother her raised her.
Naomi Long Madgett Naomi Long Madgett (born July 5, 1923) is an African American poet, born Naomi Cornelia Long in Norfolk, Virginia. Madgett was a teacher and an award winning poet, she is also the senoior editor of Lotus Press, which is a publisher of poetry books by black poets.
Naomi Mitchison Naomi Margaret Mitchison, CBE (nee Haldane; 1 November 1897 Edinburgh – 11 January 1999 at Carradale) was a Scottish novelist and poet. She was appointed CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1981; she was also entitled to call herself Lady Mitchison, CBE since 5 October 1964 (but never apparently used that style herself).
Naomi Reice Buchwald Naomi Reice Buchwald (born 1944 in Kingston, New York) is a Federal District Judge in the Southern District of New York. She received her BA from Brandeis University in 1965 and her LLB from Columbia Law School in 1968.
Naomi Ryan Naomi Ryan (born 24 May, 1977 in Dorset, England) is a British actress who has appeared in Dream Team as Ashleigh King, Mile High as Lehann Evans and Coronation Street where she played Underworld factory worker Bobbi Lewis. She is sometimes credited as Naomi Russell.
Naomi Shemer Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: נעמי שמר) (July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was one of Israel's most important and prolific song writers, considered by some "the First Lady of Israeli Song". Shemer wrote both words and lyrics to her own songs, composed music to words by others (such as the poet Rachel), and set Hebrew words to internationally known tunes (such as "Hey Jude" by the Beatles); she has probably made more lasting contributions to Israeli song than any other single songwriter.
Naomi St Clair Naomi St Claire (September 25 1983, Los Angeles, California) is a pornographic actress who is often cast in movies that focus on her large, shapely buttocks. Despite having built a large fan base she has managed to maintain a rather private personal life.
Naomi Wallace Naomi Wallace is a poet and playwright from Prospect, Kentucky. Her plays include: In The Heart of America, One Flea Spare, Slaughter City, The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, The Girl Who Fell Through a Hole in Her Jumper (with Bruce McLeod), The War Boys, "Things of Dry Hours" and the one act play The Retreating World.
Naomi Wildman Naomi Wildman (born 2372, stardate 49548) is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe who appeared on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. She is a half-Ktarian and half-Human who was born to Ensign Samantha Wildman and her husband Greskrendtregk.
Naomi Wolf Naomi Wolf (born 1962) is a bestselling American writer. At a relatively young age, she became literary star of what was later described as the 'third-wave' of the feminist movement and she is also known for her advocacy of progressive politics.
Naomi Yang Naomi Yang is one half of the duo Damon and Naomi and one of the founding members of the seminal band Galaxie 500. With Damon Krukowski, the other half of Damon and Naomi, she is the founder of Exact Change press, which publishes books of experimental literature with an emphasis on Surrealism, Dada, Pataphysics, and other nineteenth and twentieth century avant-garde art movements.
Naonobu (crater) Naonobu is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the eastern Mare Fecunditatis, to the northwest of the prominent Langrenus crater. It forms a triple-crater formation with the adjacent Atwood crater to the south and Bilharz crater just to the southwest.
Naoshima, Kagawa Naoshima (直島町; -cho) is an island town administratively part of Kagawa District, Kagawa, Japan located in the Seto Inland Sea. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 3,583 and a density of 251.
Naoto Ōshima Naoto Ōshima (大島 直人 Ōshima Naoto) is a Japanese national and former Sega employee who designed the characters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Eggman. However, Yuji Naka often gets the credit for his work on the Sonic series, because of his close association with the Sonic name.
Naoto Matsuzaka Naoto was once a famoous and highly-prized martial artist who is now mostly retired from the spotlight, going back to teaching young talents the ways of self-defense. Often he is not to be found, for Naoto constantly seeks to become stronger and better, totally on his own.
Naoto Tajima Naoto Tajima (August 15, 1912 - December 4, 1990) was a Japanese athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He won a gold medal in the triple jump (setting a new world record in that event), and won a bronze medal in the long jump.
Naozumi Takahashi Takahashi Naozumi (高橋 直純) is a seiyū whose birthday is December 6, 1971. He voices Ryota Misumi in Futari wa Pretty Cure, Wormmon in Digimon 02, Michael in the Angel Sanctuary drama CDs, Inori, Isato, & Hinoe in Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 1, 2, & 3 respectively, Crevaniel in Growlanser, Minazuki Yamato in Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Coud in the Elemental Gelade drama CDs, Momon in Konjiki no Gash Bell!!
Nap Lajoie Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie [la-ZHOWAY] (September 5, 1874 – February 7, 1959), also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American professional athlete of French Canadian descent. In his career as a second baseman in Major League Baseball, he was considered one of the greatest players of the fledgling American League in the early 20th century and the most serious of Ty Cobb's challengers.
Nap Reyes Napoleon Aguilera Reyes (November 24, 1919 - September 15, 1995) was a Major League Baseball third baseman-first baseman who played for the New York Giants from 1943 to 1945, and again in 1950. A native of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, he stood 6'1" and weighed 205 lbs.
Nap Rucker George Napoleon "Nap" Rucker (September 30, 1884 in Crabapple, Georgia - December 19, 1970 in Alpharetta, Georgia) was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers/Robins from 1907-1916.
Nap-kelte Nap-kelte (Sunrise) is the long-running daily morning programme on m1, the first channel of Magyar TelevĂ­ziĂł (Hungarian Television). It is the flagship programme of its producer, Nap TV, a privately-owned producer of television programmes from Hungary.
Nap-of-the-earth Nap-of-the-earth (NOE) describes a method of stealthy flight whereby the pilot avoids detection by flying very close to the ground and using the geographical features as cover. It is also known as "ground-hugging" or "flying under the radar".
Napa Declaration on Place The Napa Declaration to Protect Wine Place and Origin, commonly known as the Napa Declaration on Place, is a "declaration of joint principles stating the importance of location to wine and the need to protect place names."http://www.
Napa River The Napa River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, is a river in northern California in the United States. It drains a famous wine-growing region called the Napa Valley in the mountains northeast of San Francisco.
Napa River Flood Project The Napa River-Napa Creek Flood Protection Project is a Civil Works project of the US Army Corps of Engineers in the city of Napa, California. The Project area includes some 6 miles of the Napa River from the Butler Bridge on California State Route 29 on the south to Trancas Street on the north.
Napa Valley (Wine) Napa Valley is widely considered one of the top wine regions in California, and all of the United States with a history dating back to the nineteenth century. The Mediterranean climate and geography of the valley along with the surrounding hills and mountains are conducive to growing wine grapes.
Napa Valley Economic Development Corporation The Napa Valley Economic Development Corporation (NVEDC) is a non-profit economic development corporation operating in Napa County, California. Its mission is to "develop a sustainable, balanced and diverse economy, while supporting Napa's Agricultural Preserve.
Napa Valley Opera House The Napa Valley Opera House opened on Friday, February 13, 1880 with a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore in the city of Napa, California, USA, which at the time had a population of 5,000 people.
Napachanie Napachanie (German Grundheim) is a village located in Rokietnica Commune, Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodship, Poland. There is the soltys office, the junior high school and the palace from 1879, built in the style of Queen Anna's North-European Renaissance in the village.
Napalm Beach Napalm Beach was one of the longest running punk bands from Portland, Oregon in the USA and are credited as being the godfathers of grunge long before Nirvana. At the core of the group was Chris Newman on guitar, and Sam Henry on drums, and an ever-rotating cast of bass players over their 24 year run together.
Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian music publisher focused on underground Metal and Gothic music. Artists on roster include Abigor, Belphegor, Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, Draconian, Falkenbach, Ice Ages, Iron Fire, Korpiklaani, Nightmare, Siebenbürgen, Summoning, Trail of Tears, Týr, Vintersorg and WeltenBrand.
Napanee railway station Napanee station in Napanee, Ontario is served by VIA Rail trains running from Toronto to Ottawa and Montréal. The station is an unstaffed but heated shelter with telephones and washrooms, which opens at least half an hour before a train arrives.
Napanee River The Napanee River is a river in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, which flows from its source in the Depot Lakes area north of Verona, Ontario to empty into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Napanee, Ontario. It flows through a valley of preglacial origin.
Napeague State Park Napeague State Park is a 1,364 acre park on either side of the Montauk Highway Route 27 on the "Napeague Stretch" between Amagansett, New York and Montauk, New York, in the United States. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean across the entire narrow width of the South Fork of Long Island to Gardiners Bay/Block Island Sound on the north.
Naperville Central High School Naperville Central High School (Naperville Central) is a public four-year comprehensive school covering grades nine through twelve in Naperville, a suburb southwest of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is the counterpart to Naperville North High School of Naperville Community Unit School District 203.
Naperville North High School Naperville North High School, or NNHS, is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Mill Street in the northern-central part of Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the counterpart to Naperville Central High School of Naperville Community Unit School District 203.
Naperville, Illinois Naperville is a city in DuPage County, Illinois and Will County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 128,358; The United States Census Bureau estimated the population in 2004 at 140,106.
Naphill Naphill is a hamlet in the parish of Hughenden Valley in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the north west of the main village, on the ridge of one of the Chiltern Hills, next to the village of Walter's Ash.
Naphtali Hirsch Treves Naphtali Hirsch ben Eliezer Treves (or Naphtali Hirz) was a kabalist and scholar of the 16th century who officiated as Hazzan in Frankfort-on-the-Main. He was the author of Perush (1560), a famous cabalistic commentary on the Siddur (prayer-book), and probably also of Naftule Elohim (Heddernheim, 1546), an index to Bahya ben Asher's commentary on the Pentateuch.
Naphtha Naphtha (not to be confused with Naphthalene) is a group of various liquid hydrocarbon intermediate oil refining products used primarily as feedstocks for producing a high octane gasoline component via the catalytic reforming process. Naphtha is also used in the petrochemical industry for producing olefins in steam crackers and in the chemical industry for solvent applications.
Naphthalen-1,8-diyl 1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide A compound related to Lawesson's reagent named NpP2S4 has been formed by the reaction of 1-bromonaphthalene with P4S10, this is a 1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide which has a naphth-1,8-diyl group holding the two phosphorus atoms together. The mechanism by which the NpP2S4 forms is unclear, but it is thought to occur through some free radical process, and naphthalene has been detected as a side product in its synthesis.
Naphthalene Naphthalene (not to be confused with naphtha) (also known as naphthalin, naphthaline, tar camphor, white tar, albocarbon, or naphthene), is a crystalline, aromatic, white, solid hydrocarbon, best known as the primary ingredient of mothballs. Naphthalene is volatile, forming a flammable vapor.
Naphthol Naphthol, or hydroxynaphthalene or naphthalenol, is either of two colorless crystalline solids with the formula C10H7OH. They are positional isomers differing by the location of the hydroxyl group on naphthalene.
Napier & Son Napier & Son was a British engine manufacturer and one of the most important aircraft engine manufacturers in the early to mid 20th Century. Their post-World War I Lion was the most powerful engine in the world for some time in the 1920s and into the 1930s, and their Sabre design of the early 1940s holds the title for the most powerful piston aircraft engine produced to this day, delivering 3,500 hp (2,600 kW) in its later versions.
Napier Baronets There have been five Baronetcies created for people with the surname Napier, three in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the baronetcies are still extant.
Napier Commission The Napier Commission, officially the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands was a royal commission and public inquiry into the condition of crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Napier Deltic The term Deltic (meaning in the form of the Greek letter Delta) is used to refer to both the opposed-piston high-speed diesel engine designed and produced by D Napier & Son, and the locomotives produced by English Electric using these engines, including their demonstrator locomotive named DELTIC and the production version for British Railways, who designated these as Class 55.
Napier Express The Napier Express was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department initially between Napier and Palmerston North and later between Napier and Wellington. It ran from 1891 until 1954.
Napier Lion The Lion was a 12-cylinder W-block inline aircraft engine built by Napier & Son starting in 1917, and ending in the 1930s. A number of advanced features made it the most powerful engine of its day, and kept it in production long after contemporary designs had stopped production.
Napier Mountains Napier Mountains () is a group of more-or-less separated peaks, the highest 2,300 m, extending 40 miles in a NW-SE direction and centering about 40 miles south of Cape Batterbee in Enderby Land, in Antarctica. They were discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named them for the Hon.
Napier Nomad The Nomad was a complex Diesel cycle aircraft engine from Napier & Son of the UK. The Nomad used a turbine to recover power from the exhaust of the otherwise conventional Diesel engine, resulting in a specific fuel consumption that remains unmatched today, 50 years later.
Napier Road Napier Road is the principal red light district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is located near LEE Market (a famous bus stop) and NOT roughly two miles south of Central Karachi, in an area known as Seaview Beach, and named after the the first British Governor of the Sindh province.
Napier Sabre The Sabre was a 24-cylinder four-stroke sleeve valve piston aircraft engine designed by Major Frank Halford and built by Napier & Son during WWII. It was one of the most powerful piston aircraft engines in the world, especially for inline designs, developing over 3,500 horsepower (2,200 kW) in its later versions and 4,000 hp in late-model prototypes.
Napier-Bentley The Napier Bentley is a vintage racing car; a one-off special built in 1968 by original owner Peter Morley. It was originally built on a Sunbeam chassis, but was later built on the chassis of a 1929 8 L Bentley.
Napier, Western Cape Napier, a small town situated in the Overberg(South Africa), was established in 1838 through a dispute between two neighbours, Michiel van Breda & Pieter Voltelyn van der Byl, over the location of the community church. This resulted in the creation of two churches in two separate towns, Napier, and Bredasdorp.
Napkin holder A Napkin Holder is a device used to hold napkins. A napkin holder can be made from virtually any solid material and is built so that the napkins pressed between two or more surfaces and do not slip from their hold.
Naple's Plague In 1250, a plague nearly eradicated the population of Naples, Italy. It was prevented by forcible quarantine of the poorer districts, and the efforts of a Martinus Ludheim, a visiting physician from Bavaria, Germany.
Naples Mound 8 Naples Mound 8 is a Registered Historic Place located somewhere in or around the Pike County, Illinois city of Griggsville. The mound is also referred to as Naples-Russel Mound 8 or Illinois Archaeological Survey #PK 335.
Naples National Archaeological Museum The Naples National Archaeological Museum ( Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli) is located in Naples, Italy, at the northwest corner of the original Greek wall of the city of Neapolis. The museum contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Naples underground geothermal zone Running beneath Naples and the surrounding area is an underground geothermal zone called the "Campi Flegrei" ("fiery fields"). This geothermal area runs generally from Mount Vesuvius beneath a wide area including Pompei, Herculaneum, Naples and over to Pozzuoli and the coastal Baia area.
Naples-Marco Island, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area The Naples-Marco Island, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consisting of Collier County in the state of Florida in the USA. The principal cities in the MSA are Naples and Marco Island.
Naplex The NAPLEX, or North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination, is a standard examination created by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) to help individual state boards of pharmacy assess an individual's competency and knowledge so that he or she may be given a license to practice.
Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial Napoléon IV, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph), (16 March 1856 – 1 June 1879), Prince Imperial, Fils de France, was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo.
Napoléon Henri Reber Napoléon Henri Reber (1807-80) was a French composer, born at Mühlhausen, Alsace. He studied with Anton Reicha and Jean François Lesueur, wrote chamber music, and set to music the new poems of the best French poets.
Napoléon le Petit Napoleon le Petit was an influential political pamphlet by Victor Hugo which condemned the reign of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Hugo lived in exile in Jersey for most of Napoleon III's reign, and his criticism of the monarch was significant as he was one of the most prominent Frenchmen of the time, and was revered by many.
NapoleĂłn Abueva NapoleĂłn Isabelo Veloso-Abueva (born January 26, 1930), more popularly known as NapoleĂłn Abueva, is a Filipino artist. He is a sculptor given the distinction as the Philippines National Artist for Sculpture.
Napoleon (Animal Farm) Napoleon is a fictional character in George Orwell's Animal Farm. While he is at first a common farm pig, he takes advantage of the animals' uprising against their masters to eventually become the tyrannical "President of Animal Farm," which he turns into a dictatorship.
Napoleon (disambiguation) Napoleon, is a first name which some say derives from "Neapolis" (Naples) and would have originally meant "from Naples". Others claim it is of Greek origin ("Napoleoon") and comes from "napè" or "napos" meaning "(forest)valley" and "leon" meaning "lion" which would mean that Napoleon means "lion of the valley" or similar.
Napoleon and the Jews The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte proved an important event in the emancipation of the Jews of Europe from old laws restricting them to Jewish ghettos, as well as the many laws that limited Jews' rights to property, worship, and careers.
Napoleon Bonaparte Brown Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte Brown was a soldier, businessman, philanthropist, politician, and resident of Kansas and Missouri in the late 1800's and early 1900's until he died in 1910. He is most known as the namesake and builder of the Brown Grand Theatre] in [[Concordia, Kansas, a majestic opera house completed in 1907 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Napoleon complex In the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis, Napoleon complex (or Napoleon syndrome) is a colloquial term used to describe a type of inferiority complex suffered by people who are short. The term is also used more generally to describe people who are driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects of their lives.
Napoleon Disentimed Napoleon Disentimed is a science-fiction novel by Hayford Peirce first published by Tor Books in 1987. It is a humorous treatment of two standard science-fiction themes, those of time travel and of parallel universes.
Napoleon Dynamite Festival Napoleon Dynamite Festival is an event that takes place during the summer season (except for the 2004 festival) in Preston, Idaho, since the film Napoleon Dynamite was released in 2004. It is organized by the Preston Chamber of Commerce.
Napoleon Hill Napoleon Hill (October 26 1883–November 8 1970) was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the best-selling books of all time.
Napoleon Charles Bonaparte Napoleon Charles Bonaparte (October 10, 1802-May 5, 1807) was the eldest son of Louis Bonaparte and Hortense de Beauharnais. His father was the younger brother of Emperor Napoleon I and his mother was the daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's first wife.

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