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Nippon Camera Nippon Camera (日本カăˇă©, Nippon kamera)While 日本 can be read as either "Nippon" or (more commonly) "Nihon", the front covers of newer issues of the magazine are clearly labeled "Nippon Camera" in rĹŤmaji in addition to the Japanese script. However, early issues lack this clarification on the front, and clearly announce "Nihon Camera" in rĹŤmaji on the back cover.
Nippon Decimal Classification The Nippon Decimal Classification (NDC, also called the Nippon Decimal System) is a system of library classification developed for mainly Chinese and Japanese language books maintained by the Japan Library Association since 1956. It is based on the Dewey Decimal System.
Nippon Kan Theatre The Nippon Kan Theatre is a former Japanese theater and National Historic Place in Seattle, Washington, USA. Built in 1909, it was boarded up in 1942 during the Japanese American internment, but reopened in 1981.
Nippon Kodo Nippon KĹŤdĹŤ is a Japanese incense company established in 1575. The company traces its origin to Eimon Takai ďĽé«äş•ĺŤĺŹłčˇ›é–€ďĽ‰, better known as KĹŤjĹ« ďĽé¦™ĺŤďĽ‰, who made traditional incenses for the Japanese royal court.
Nippon Oil The (), or NOC, is a Japanese petroleum company. Its businesses include the exploration, importation, and refining of crude oil; the manufacture and sale of petroleum products, including fuels and lubricants; and other energy-related activities.
Nippon Sei Ko Kai The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Japanese: 日本č–公会, Nippon SeikĹŤkai, "Japanese Holy Catholic Church"), abbreviated as NSKK, or the Anglican Church in Japan, is the religious body in the Province of Japan (日本管区, Nippon Kanku) of the Anglican Communion.
Nipponbashi Den Den Town (ă§ă‚“ă§ă‚“タウăł), or Nipponbashi, is a shopping district in the Nipponbashi district of Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, famous for its wide variety of consumer electronics stores, and especially famous for its negotiable prices - unique to Osaka and the Kansai region. Several retailers are also tax and duty free.
Nippur The city of Nippur (Sumerian Nibru, Akkadian Nibbur) (now it is in Al Qadisyah Governorate) was one of the most ancient of all the Babylonian cities of which we have any knowledge, the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god, Enlil, ruler of the cosmos subject to An alone. Indeed, in Sumerian cuneiform, the signs read 'Nibru' and 'Enlil' are the same.
NiqÄb A niqÄb (Arabic نŮقاب) is a veil which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijÄb. It is popular in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf but it can also be found in North Africa, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Niqqud In Hebrew orthography, Niqqud or Nikkud (Standard Hebrew , Biblical Hebrew Ö°×§Ö», Tiberian Hebrew "vowels") is the system of diacritical vowel points (or vowel marks) in the Hebrew alphabet. Several orthographic systems for representing Hebrew vowels were developed in the Early Middle Ages. The most widespread system (and the only one still used to a significant degree today) was created by the Masoretes of Tiberias (see Masoretic Text, Tiberian Hebrew) in the second half of the first millennium.
Nir Itzhak Nir Itzhak (× ×™×¨ יצחק or Nir Yitschak) is a kibbutz in the Negev area of Israel, between the area of Hevel Shalom to the area of Hevel Ashkol. The kibbutz was established in 1949, and is named after Itzhak Sadeh (kibbutz Mashabey Sadeh is also named after him).
Nir Rosen Nir Rosen (born in New York City, 1977) is a public intellectual and leading writer on current international affairs, as well as being a fellow of the New America Foundation. He is best known for his writings on the rise of violence in Iraq following the 2003 invasion, which form the basis of his first book, In the Belly of the Green Bird.
Nir Yaniv Nir Yaniv is an Israeli author and editor of science fiction. He edits the webzine of the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy, writes the story introductions for the magazine Chalomot Be'aspamia and is the author of 27 short stories collected (with three poems/songs) in the 2006 collection Ktov Ke'shed Mi'shachat (One Hell of a Writer).
Nir Zidkyahu Nir Zidhyaku (Nir Z, as he's known for short) is a well-established studio-session drummer. Born in Israel, he played the drums for eight songs on Genesis' 1997 album, Calling All Stations, and subsequently joined the band for their 1998 tour.
Nirad C. Chaudhuri Nirad C. Chaudhuri (Bangla: নীরদ চন্দ্র চৌধŕ§ŕ¦°ŕ§€ Nirod ChĂ´ndro Choudhuri) (23 November 1897 – 1 August 1999) was a well respected Bengali Indian writer and an esteemed commentator on culture.
Nirajan Niranjan, (1977–June 1 2001) was a Prince of Nepal, younger brother of Crown Prince/King Dipendra, who fatally shot him and other royals at a dinner in 2001. Niranjan was next in line to the throne after Dipendra.
Niranjan Iyengar Niranjan Iyengar has penned the dialogues for various Hindi movies like Jism (film), Rog, Kal Ho Naa Ho and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. He started off his career as a film journalist and then went on to assist costume designer Manish Malhotra before making his debut as dialogue writer with Jism.
Niranjan Nirakar Swaroop Niranjan Nirakar Swaroop is a Sanskrit term and refers to the Satpanth idea (found in the Ginans of the Ismaili religious tradition) that the true spiritual teacher is esoteric and all-pervading, found by the Mureed when meditating upon special mantras given by the exoteric spiritual teacher (Bandagi).
Niranjan Pal Niranjan Pal (August 17, 1889 – November 9, 1959) was a screenwriter and director in the Indian film industry in the silent and early talkie days. He was a close associate of Himanshu Rai and Franz Osten, with who he was a founding member of Bombay Talkies.
Niraval Niraval also known as Neraval or Sahitya Vinyasa is considered to be the most important feature in the Impovisation aspect (Manodharma Sangita) of Carnatic music . Neraval is essentially the elaboration of a portion of a kriti, within the framework of a [Tala] rhythmically which brings out the Raga bhava effectively.
Nirekha Nirekha peak is located in the same chain as the Lobuche summits, just E of the Cho La Col (not to be confused with the famous Cho La pass that is only a few hundred meters away). The peak is in the list of the new 'A' trekking peaks, for which currently (2006) a peak fee of $500 has to be paid.
Nirguna Brahman Nirguna Brahman, (literally, the attributeless Brahman, Devanagari: निर्गŕĄŕ¤Ł ब्रह्म) refers to reality which pervades through the universe. It is considered without any form in Advaita and without material form in Dvaita schools of philosophy.
Nirim Nirim (× ×™×¨×™×ť) is a kibbutz in the northwest Negev, near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. It is named after the "Nir" brigade of the HaShomer HaTzair youth movement, some of whose members helped establish the kibbutz in 1946 at its original site, Dangour.
Nirma Nirma is a group of companies based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India manufacturing products ranging from cosmetics, soaps, detergents and salt. Karsanbhai Patel, a well known businessman, industrialist and philanthropist of Gujarat, started Nirma as a one-man operation.
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon was an officer of the Indian Air Force who became the recipient of the only Param Vir Chakra awarded to an Air Force Personnel for his lone and fatal defence of Srinagar Air Base during an air raid during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Fg Offr Sekhon was born on July 17, 1943 at Rurka Isewal village in Ludhiana District, Punjab.
Nirmal Kumar Mukarji Nirmal Kumar Mukarji was an Indian administrator and the last member of the Indian Civil Service to serve. In the course of a long career he was Home Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, and eventually Governor of Punjab.
Nirmal Shah Nirmal Shah was (born in Seychelles) is a leading environmentalist, writer, fund raiser and civic leader of Seychelles. Shah, who was educated in India and the United States, advocates for conservation of biodiversity, sustainable development and civil society participation through local and regional NGOs, international forums and the media.
Nirodbaran Nirodbaran (November 17 1903 – 7:50 pm July 17, 2006, Pondicherry) or "Nirod" for short, was the personal physician and scribe of Sri Aurobindo, and senior member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree in medicine.
Nirukta Nirukta is one of the six Vedanga disciplines of Hinduism, treating etymology. Nirukta sutras consist of rules for deriving meanings of straightforward structures, supplemented with glossaries of difficult or rare Vedic words.
Nirvana (Devanagari , Pali: NibbÄna निब्बान -- Chinese: ć¶…ć§; Pinyin: nièpán, Japanese: ć¶…ć§, nehan, Korean: ě—´ë°, yeol-bhan, Thai: Nibpan นิพพาน ), is a Sanskrit word that literally means extinction (as in a candle flame) and/or extinguishing (i.e.
Nirvana (Elemeno P) "Nirvana" is a single by Elemeno P released in 2002. The lyrics reference the grunge band Nirvana and their frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide with the lines "I like Nirvana/It doesn't mean I'll shoot myself".
Nirvana (leafhopper) Nirvana is a leafhopper genus belonging to the Nirvaninae subfamily and the tribe Nirvanini. Distinguishable from other leafhopper subfamilies by their uniquely shaped head and the presence of two preapical cells alone on the tegemen, they comprise some of the most beautiful and iridescent of the leafhoppers.
Nirvikalpa Nirvikalpa samÄdhi ( निर्विकल्प समाŕ¤ŕ¤ż ), sometimes also spelled as â€Nirbikalpa Samadhi’, is the highest state of samÄdhi, in which the aspirant realizes his/her total oneness with Brahman. It has been described as a state of absolute nothingness.
Nisa Today Nisa Today's is a brand and buying group (or â€symbol group’) of independent retailers (primarily small grocery shops) in the United Kingdom. It is mutual organisation owned by its members and operating “..
Nisab In Sharia (Islamic Jurisprudence) nisab (نصاب) is the amount which savings or capital or product must exceed in order for the Muslim owner to be obliged to give zakat. Several hadith have formulas for calculating nisab.
Nisaki Nisaki (Greek meaning "islet" or "little island") is a small sea-side village in north-east Corfu, which once had a tiny islet in its small bay. During the Twentieth Century, probably with the advent of mass tourism, several tavernas were built on this islet and a jetty was constructed, linking it permanently to the mainland.
Nisam Ista/Things Are Going My Way Nisam Ista/Things Are Going My Way is the debut single released by the winner of Idol Serbia, Montenegro & Macedonia, Cveta Majtanović. It features the Idol winning song Nisam Ista plus the english version - Things Are Going My Way.
Nisan Nisan (Hebrew: × Ö´×™×ˇÖ¸×ź, Standard Nisan Tiberian NĂ®sÄn ; from Akkadian , from Sumerian nisag "First fruits") is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the civil year on the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian; in the Tanakh it is called Aviv, meaning spring.
Nisanit Nisanit (Hebrew:× ×™×ˇ× ×™×Ş) was the largest Israeli settlement in the northern tip of the Gaza Strip in a mini-settlement bloc including Elei Sinai, Dugit. While Nisanit was under the municipal authority of the Hof Aza Regional Council it was not physically in the Gush Katif bloc where the bulk of the 'Gush Katif' settlements were located.
Nisar Bazmi One of the greatest music composers of Pakistan , Nisar Bazmi is responsible for introducing Alamgir to film music in Pakistan and the famous duo of Laxmikant-Piyarelal were musicians with him before partition of IndoPak.He was born in 1924 in Khandesh , Naseerabad , Bombay , India .
Nisargadatta Maharaj Nisargadatta Maharaj (April 1897 – September 8, 1981) worked as a simple bidi seller in Mumbai (known formerly as Bombay) but was considered by many an enlightened being and a master of spirituality. Maharaj was world renowned and admired for his direct and informal teachings, a selection of which are in his most famous book I Am That, which has been translated into many languages.
Nise da Silveira Nise da Silveira was born in MaceiĂł, in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Brazil, in 1905. After graduating from the Medical School of Bahia in 1926, she devoted har life to psychiatry and never was in agreement with the aggressive forms of treatment of her time such as commitment to psychiatric hospitals, electroshock, insulin therapy and lobotomy.
Nise-e Nise-e (似絵), or "likeness pictures," were a style of portraiture popular in the courts and intellectual circles of Japan's Kamakura period. Court officials, poets and intellectuals, and other prominent figures, would be portrayed in such a way as to capture the essence and personality of the individual in a very few brushstrokes.
NiseDrimogemon NiseDrimogemon is a Champion level Animal Digimon that looks like Drimogemon except it has a moustache instead of whiskers. The Japanese word "nise" means "fake," indicating (along with the name of its attacks) that this Digimon is an imperfect duplication.
Nisei (The X-Files) "Nisei" is the ninth episode of the third season of The X-Files. A mail order videotape of an alien autopsy blossoms into a much more complicated investigation when Mulder and Scully find the distributor of the tape murdered in his own home apparently by a high-ranking Japanese diplomat.
Nisei baseball research project The Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by Kerry Yo Nakagawa, the author of Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball, to preserve the history of Japanese American baseball. The NBRP's ultimate goal is the permanent inclusion of Japanese Americans into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown.
Nisei Week Nisei Week is an annual festival celebrating Japanese American (JA) culture and history in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Nisei means 2nd generation in Japanese, describing the first American born Japanese, a group which the seven day festival was originally meant to attract.
Nisenan language Nisenan (or alternatively, Southern Maidu, Neeshenam, Nishinam, Pujuni, or Wapumni) is a nearly extinct Maiduan language spoken by Maidu peoples traditionally in central California in the foothills of the Sierras, in the whole of the American, Bear and Yuba river drainages.
Nisga'a language Nisga'a (also Nass, Nisgha, Nisa'a, Nishka, Niska, Nishga, Nisqa’a) is a Tsimshianic language of the Nisga'a people of northwestern British Columbia. Nisga'a people, however, do not like this term as they feel that it gives precedence to Coast Tsimshian.
Nisha Kothari Nisha Kothari (Bangla: নিশা কোঠারী, Hindi: िनशा कोठारी), born Priyanka Kothari (Bangla: পŕ§ŕ¦żŕ¦Żŕ¦ľŕ¦¨ŕ¦•া কোঠারী, Hindi: पŕĄŕĄ€ŕ¤Żŕ¤ľŕ¤¨ŕ¤•ा कोठारी
Nishaan A Nishaan is the Ravidasi religious symbol, it is distinct from the Sikh Nishan Sahib. Strictly speaking "Nishaan" means "symbol" and is used in Ravidasi context to mean the mantras passed down by the Sants.
Nishadha Nishadha (Sanskrit: निषाध), Nishaad or Nishad was an indigenous tribe inhabiting ancient India, according to sources in Hindu mythology. The Nishadha people have been described in Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Nishan-e-Aqdas The Nishan-e-Aqdas (Imperial Order or Most Sacred Order of the Aqdas) was an Imperial Iranian Order founded in 1870 by the Qajar Shah of Iran Nassereddin. There were three classes, with two different styles for Iranians (Sardar) and foreigners (Nishan).
Nishan-e-Haider The Nishan-e-Haider (Urdu: نشان Řیدر), pronounced as "nishaan + ay + Hay + dhar", (Order of the Lion), is the highest military award given by Pakistan. It is awarded to select soldiers who display valor and courage on the battle field in the face of adversity.
Nishan-e-Imtiaz Nishan-i-Imtiaz or Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Urdu: نشان امتیاز) is the third highest honor given to a civillian in Pakistan. Usually it is regarded as the highest award one can achieve in Pakistan as the two top most awards are awarded to a very few people.
Nishan-e-Shujaat Nishan-i-Shujaat, or Order of Bravery, is a medal awarded by the Pakistani Government for military and civilian acts of acts of conspicuous gallantry, which are not always in the face of the enemy. The Nishan-i-Shujaat us worn as a breast badge suspended from a red ribbon threaded through a gold star and crescent.
Nishapur train disaster The Nishapur train disaster was actually an immense explosion in the village of Khayyam near Nishapur in Iran on 18 February 2004. Over 300 people were killed and the entire village destroyed, when runaway train wagons crashed into the community in the middle of the night and exploded.
Nishi (tribe) The Nishi tribe principally inhabit the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Known as the Nishi (alternative transliteration Nisi) in their own language (also called Nisi), they are sometimes called by the disdainful term Dafla by outsiders.
Nishi Honganji Nishi Honganji (or, 'The Western Temple of the Original vow') is one of two temple complexes of Jodo Shinshu in Kyoto, the other being Higashi Honganji (or, 'The Eastern Temple of the Original vow'). Today it serves as the head temple of the Jodo Shinshu organization.
Nishi Miyoshi Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Nishi 4-chĹŤme, TĹŤkaichi, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The station was originally opened to serve those on the north bank of the SaijĹŤ River in the former Miyoshi-machi in Futami District.
Nishi-Akashi Station is a SanyĹŤ Shinkansen and SanyĹŤ Main Line train station serving the city of Akashi, HyĹŤgo Prefecture, Japan. As part of the Urban Network, the J-Through Card, ICOCA, Suica, and PiTaPa can all be used on the SanyĹŤ Main Line (they can not be used for Shinkansen service).
Nishi-ku, Sapporo Nishi (西区; -ku, lit. "west ward") is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, with some areas of farmland and forested mountainous terrain mostly near its western and southern edges.
Nishi-shinjuku The Nishi-shinjuku (西新宿) skyscraper business district was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. Kenzo Tange's Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building being the current latest.
Nishi-Umeda Station Nishi-Umeda Station (西梅田駅, Nishi-Umeda-eki, Y11) is a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. Now, Nishi-Umeda is famous for Herbis ENT operated by Hanshin Electric Railway and the two Hilton Plazas.
Nishida Kitaro Nishida Kitaro (西田 ĺąľĺ¤šéŽ Nishida KitarĹŤ; 1870, Ishikawa Prefecture – 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher, founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy. He graduated from The University of Tokyo during the Meiji Era in 1894 with a degree in philosophy.
Nishigoshi, Kumamoto NishigĹŤshi (西ĺ志町; -machi) was a town located in Kikuchi District, Kumamoto, Japan. On February 27, 2006 the town merged with the town of Koshi forming the city of Koshi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Nishihara Loans The were a series of loans made by the Japanese government under the administration of Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake to the Anhui clique warlord Duan Qirui from January 1917 to September 1918, in exchange for territorial concessions and rights in northern China.
Nishikubiki District, Niigata Nishikubiki (čĄżé ¸ĺźŽéˇ; -gun) was a district located in Niigata, Japan. The district was founded in 1878, when the former Kubiki District split into Higashikubiki District, Nakakubiki District, and Nishikubiki District.
Nishimura Koku Nishimura Koku (1915 - June, 2002) was a master Japanese bamboo flute player, teacher, and craftsman. He played an especially raw style of flute he called the kyotaku, similar to the shakuhachi and very similar to the hocchiku.
Nishina (crater) Nishina is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the south-southwest of Maksutov crater, to the southeast of Finsen crater and the Leibnitz walled-plain.
Nishine, Iwate Nishine (čĄżć ąç”ş; -chou) was a town located in Iwate District, Iwate, Japan. On September 1, 2005 the town merged with another town and village from the district forming the city of Hachimantai and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Nishiseto Expressway The is an expressway in Japan that connects nine of the Geiyo Islands together, including Ohshima, Umashima, and Innoshima. The expressway contains ten bridges, including the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge, the world's longest series of suspension bridges, and the Tatara Bridge, the world's longest cable-stayed bridge.
Nishiyama Soin Nishiyama Soin (born Nishiyama Toyoichi in 1605, Higo Province, Japan, died May 5, 1682, Kyoto) was a haikai-no-renga poet of the early Tokugawa period. He founded the Danrin (which translates as 'talkative forest') school of haikai poetry which aimed to move away from the serious 'bookishness' popular in Japanese poetry at the time and become more in touch with the common people, infusing a spirit of greater freedom into their poetry.
Nishizo Tsukahara Nishizo Tsukahara, April 3 1887 – January 10 1966, was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. From September 10, 1941 until October 1, 1942, he commanded the 11th Air Fleet (also called the Base Air Force), headquartered at Tinian that was involved in the invasion of the Phillipines and then later supported Japanese offensives in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands from Rabaul, New Britain and other locations.
Nishnabotna River The Nishnabotna River is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and southeastern Nebraska in the United States. It flows for most of its length as two parallel streams in Iowa, the East Nishnabotna River and the West Nishnabotna River.
Nishnawbe-Aski The Nishnawbe-Aski, also known as the Oji-Cree, Anishinini or, less correctly, Severn Ojibwe, are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, residing in a narrow band extending from the Missinaibi River region in Northeastern Ontario at the east to Lake Winnipeg at the west.
Nisibis Nisibis (Nisibia, Nisibin, modern Nusaybin, Mardin Province, south-eastern Turkey ) is the ancient Mesopotamian city, which Alexander's successors refounded as Antiochia Mygdonia (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Μυγδονίας) and is mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus I against the Molon (Polybius, V, 51). Greek historian Plutarch suggested that the city was populated by Spartan descendants.
Nisida Nisida is a volcanic islet of the Flegrean Islands archipelago, in southern Italy. It lies at a very short distance from Cape Posillipo, just north of Naples; it is now connected to the mainland by a stone bridge.
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation is a Cree-speaking community of about 4,200 Cree centered in Nelson House, Manitoba, Canada. Nelson House is located about 80 km west of Thompson and is accessible via the mixed paved and gravel Manitoba Provincial Road 391.
Nisin Nisin is an inhibitory polycyclic peptide with 34 amino acid residues used as a food preservative. It contains the uncommon amino acids lanthionine, methyllanthionine, dehydroalanine and dehydro-amino-butyric acid.
Nisko County Nisko County (in Polish powiat niżański ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Subcarpathian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Nismo Nismo (abbreviated from Nissan Motorsport International) is the motorsports and performance division of Nissan Motor Company. Formed in 1984, Nismo cars have participated in JSPC, Formula Nippon, JTCC, 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona.
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the Nisqually River Delta near Puget Sound in northeastern Thurston County, Washington and northwestern Pierce County, Washington. The refuge is between the cities of Tacoma and Olympia.
Nisqually River The Nisqually River (IPA: ) is a river in west central Washington in the United States, approximately 81 mi (130 km) long. It drains part of the Cascade Range southwest of Tacoma, including the southern slope of Mount Rainier, into the southern end of Puget Sound.
Nisrin Barwari Nisrin Mustafa Sidiq Barwari (born 1967) was the Iraqi Minister for Municipalities and Public Works under the Iraqi Transitional Government. She was a member of the Transitional National Assembly elected on January 30 2005.
Nissan 300ZX The Nissan 300ZX, also known as the Nissan Fairlady Z, was a sports car produced by Nissan. It comprises the third and fourth generations of Nissan's Z-car line-up, respectively given the chassis designations Z31 and Z32.
Nissan Actic The Nissan Actic was a concept car design study by Nissan Design America in La Jolla, California, and presented at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. The vehicle itself is a crossover SUV style, with smooth, bullet-shaped bodywork that looks vaguely like a small Nissan Murano.
Nissan Altima The Altima (pronounced ALL-teemah) is a mid-size car currently being manufactured by the Japanese automaker Nissan, and is arguably a continuation of the "bloodline" that began with the Nissan Bluebird in 1957. It is larger, has more features, and is more expensive than the Nissan Sentra compact car; but is cheaper, less luxuriously appointed, and offers less powerful engines than the Nissan Maxima sports sedan.
Nissan Armada The Nissan Armada (formerly called the Pathfinder Armada) is Nissan's full-size sport utility vehicle. It shares its body-on-frame F-Alpha platform with the Nissan Titan pickup truck, Nissan Xterra SUV, Nissan Frontier pickup truck, and Nissan Pathfinder SUV.
Nissan Atlas The Nissan Atlas (kana:日産ă»ă‚˘ăă©ă‚ą) is a line of pickup truck and light-duty commercial vehicle by Nissan and UD. The range was primarily available in Japan and some other Asian countries, although it was also sold in the United States during the late 1980s and up current.
Nissan Avenir The Nissan Avenir is a line of station wagons beginning production in 1990 by Nissan of Japan. It was initially a station wagon version of the Nissan Primera, but was eventually spun off into its own line in 1998.
Nissan Bluebird The Nissan Bluebird is a compact- to medium-sized car launched in 1957. The nameplate still exists today on the Nissan Pulsar-based Nissan Bluebird Sylphy in Japan, and on the U13-based Nissan Bluebird in mainland China.
Nissan Cedric The Nissan Cedric is a large luxurious automobile produced by Nissan since 1960. It was developed to provide upscale transportation, competing with the Prince Skyline and Gloria which were later merged into the Nissan family.
Nissan Computer Nissan Computer Corporation provides sales and service of personal computers, servers, computer parts, and internet hosting and development. Nissan Computer found itself embroiled in a legal battle with Nissan Motors over the use of the name Nissan and the domain name nissan.
Nissan Crew The Nissan Crew is a midsize sedan manufactured by Nissan Motors and only sold in Japan, where the cars are used for police and taxi purposes, alongside the Nissan Cedric Y31, which is mechanically related, but larger. Its main competition is the Toyota Comfort.
Nissan Cube The Nissan Cube is a mini MPV produced by Nissan and sold in the Japanese market. Like its name suggests, the Cube is very square-like in its shape, with only the front end sticking out from the box shape of the design.
Nissan foria Conceived by Nissan’s international design studio, the Foria is a compact sports coupe concept powered by a mid-sized engine teamed with a paddle-shift automatic transmission. The Foria is said to combine agile city driving with fully engaging performance on open roads.
Nissan FM platform The Nissan FM platform is a modern FM layout automobile platform. The name is derived from the "front midships" location of the engine, referring to the engine's center of mass being located behind the front axle centerline, shifing weight to the middle of the car, leaving the front suspension less encumbered.
Nissan Fuga The Fuga (codename Y50) is a full-size luxury car from Nissan of Japan, introduced in October 2004. First shown as the Fuga Concept at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, it is a direct replacement for the long running Cedric and Gloria series of cars.
Nissan Group Nissan, or Nissan Group (nichiyo-kai) was one of Japan's most powerful business grouping, called keiretsu, founded by Yoshisuke Aikawa. Its core business was real estate and insurance, with hundreds of member companies, including fisheries, mining, and is affiliated with Hitachi companies.
Nippon Decimal Classification The Nippon Decimal Classification (NDC, also called the Nippon Decimal System) is a system of library classification developed for mainly Chinese and Japanese language books maintained by the Japan Library Association since 1956. It is based on the Dewey Decimal System.
Nippon Kan Theatre The Nippon Kan Theatre is a former Japanese theater and National Historic Place in Seattle, Washington, USA. Built in 1909, it was boarded up in 1942 during the Japanese American internment, but reopened in 1981.
Nippon Kodo Nippon KĹŤdĹŤ is a Japanese incense company established in 1575. The company traces its origin to Eimon Takai ďĽé«äş•ĺŤĺŹłčˇ›é–€ďĽ‰, better known as KĹŤjĹ« ďĽé¦™ĺŤďĽ‰, who made traditional incenses for the Japanese royal court.
Nippon Oil The (), or NOC, is a Japanese petroleum company. Its businesses include the exploration, importation, and refining of crude oil; the manufacture and sale of petroleum products, including fuels and lubricants; and other energy-related activities.
Nippon Sei Ko Kai The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Japanese: 日本č–公会, Nippon SeikĹŤkai, "Japanese Holy Catholic Church"), abbreviated as NSKK, or the Anglican Church in Japan, is the religious body in the Province of Japan (日本管区, Nippon Kanku) of the Anglican Communion.
Nipponbashi Den Den Town (ă§ă‚“ă§ă‚“タウăł), or Nipponbashi, is a shopping district in the Nipponbashi district of Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, famous for its wide variety of consumer electronics stores, and especially famous for its negotiable prices - unique to Osaka and the Kansai region. Several retailers are also tax and duty free.
Nippur The city of Nippur (Sumerian Nibru, Akkadian Nibbur) (now it is in Al Qadisyah Governorate) was one of the most ancient of all the Babylonian cities of which we have any knowledge, the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god, Enlil, ruler of the cosmos subject to An alone. Indeed, in Sumerian cuneiform, the signs read 'Nibru' and 'Enlil' are the same.
NiqÄb A niqÄb (Arabic نŮقاب) is a veil which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijÄb. It is popular in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf but it can also be found in North Africa, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Niqqud In Hebrew orthography, Niqqud or Nikkud (Standard Hebrew , Biblical Hebrew Ö°×§Ö», Tiberian Hebrew "vowels") is the system of diacritical vowel points (or vowel marks) in the Hebrew alphabet. Several orthographic systems for representing Hebrew vowels were developed in the Early Middle Ages. The most widespread system (and the only one still used to a significant degree today) was created by the Masoretes of Tiberias (see Masoretic Text, Tiberian Hebrew) in the second half of the first millennium.
Nir Itzhak Nir Itzhak (× ×™×¨ יצחק or Nir Yitschak) is a kibbutz in the Negev area of Israel, between the area of Hevel Shalom to the area of Hevel Ashkol. The kibbutz was established in 1949, and is named after Itzhak Sadeh (kibbutz Mashabey Sadeh is also named after him).
Nir Rosen Nir Rosen (born in New York City, 1977) is a public intellectual and leading writer on current international affairs, as well as being a fellow of the New America Foundation. He is best known for his writings on the rise of violence in Iraq following the 2003 invasion, which form the basis of his first book, In the Belly of the Green Bird.
Nir Yaniv Nir Yaniv is an Israeli author and editor of science fiction. He edits the webzine of the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy, writes the story introductions for the magazine Chalomot Be'aspamia and is the author of 27 short stories collected (with three poems/songs) in the 2006 collection Ktov Ke'shed Mi'shachat (One Hell of a Writer).
Nir Zidkyahu Nir Zidhyaku (Nir Z, as he's known for short) is a well-established studio-session drummer. Born in Israel, he played the drums for eight songs on Genesis' 1997 album, Calling All Stations, and subsequently joined the band for their 1998 tour.
Nirad C. Chaudhuri Nirad C. Chaudhuri (Bangla: নীরদ চন্দ্র চৌধŕ§ŕ¦°ŕ§€ Nirod ChĂ´ndro Choudhuri) (23 November 1897 – 1 August 1999) was a well respected Bengali Indian writer and an esteemed commentator on culture.
Nirajan Niranjan, (1977–June 1 2001) was a Prince of Nepal, younger brother of Crown Prince/King Dipendra, who fatally shot him and other royals at a dinner in 2001. Niranjan was next in line to the throne after Dipendra.
Niranjan Iyengar Niranjan Iyengar has penned the dialogues for various Hindi movies like Jism (film), Rog, Kal Ho Naa Ho and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. He started off his career as a film journalist and then went on to assist costume designer Manish Malhotra before making his debut as dialogue writer with Jism.
Niranjan Nirakar Swaroop Niranjan Nirakar Swaroop is a Sanskrit term and refers to the Satpanth idea (found in the Ginans of the Ismaili religious tradition) that the true spiritual teacher is esoteric and all-pervading, found by the Mureed when meditating upon special mantras given by the exoteric spiritual teacher (Bandagi).
Niranjan Pal Niranjan Pal (August 17, 1889 – November 9, 1959) was a screenwriter and director in the Indian film industry in the silent and early talkie days. He was a close associate of Himanshu Rai and Franz Osten, with who he was a founding member of Bombay Talkies.
Niraval Niraval also known as Neraval or Sahitya Vinyasa is considered to be the most important feature in the Impovisation aspect (Manodharma Sangita) of Carnatic music . Neraval is essentially the elaboration of a portion of a kriti, within the framework of a [Tala] rhythmically which brings out the Raga bhava effectively.
Nirekha Nirekha peak is located in the same chain as the Lobuche summits, just E of the Cho La Col (not to be confused with the famous Cho La pass that is only a few hundred meters away). The peak is in the list of the new 'A' trekking peaks, for which currently (2006) a peak fee of $500 has to be paid.
Nirguna Brahman Nirguna Brahman, (literally, the attributeless Brahman, Devanagari: निर्गŕĄŕ¤Ł ब्रह्म) refers to reality which pervades through the universe. It is considered without any form in Advaita and without material form in Dvaita schools of philosophy.
Nirim Nirim (× ×™×¨×™×ť) is a kibbutz in the northwest Negev, near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. It is named after the "Nir" brigade of the HaShomer HaTzair youth movement, some of whose members helped establish the kibbutz in 1946 at its original site, Dangour.
Nirma Nirma is a group of companies based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India manufacturing products ranging from cosmetics, soaps, detergents and salt. Karsanbhai Patel, a well known businessman, industrialist and philanthropist of Gujarat, started Nirma as a one-man operation.
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon was an officer of the Indian Air Force who became the recipient of the only Param Vir Chakra awarded to an Air Force Personnel for his lone and fatal defence of Srinagar Air Base during an air raid during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Fg Offr Sekhon was born on July 17, 1943 at Rurka Isewal village in Ludhiana District, Punjab.
Nirmal Kumar Mukarji Nirmal Kumar Mukarji was an Indian administrator and the last member of the Indian Civil Service to serve. In the course of a long career he was Home Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, and eventually Governor of Punjab.
Nirmal Shah Nirmal Shah was (born in Seychelles) is a leading environmentalist, writer, fund raiser and civic leader of Seychelles. Shah, who was educated in India and the United States, advocates for conservation of biodiversity, sustainable development and civil society participation through local and regional NGOs, international forums and the media.
Nirodbaran Nirodbaran (November 17 1903 – 7:50 pm July 17, 2006, Pondicherry) or "Nirod" for short, was the personal physician and scribe of Sri Aurobindo, and senior member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree in medicine.
Nirukta Nirukta is one of the six Vedanga disciplines of Hinduism, treating etymology. Nirukta sutras consist of rules for deriving meanings of straightforward structures, supplemented with glossaries of difficult or rare Vedic words.
Nirvana (Devanagari , Pali: NibbÄna निब्बान -- Chinese: ć¶…ć§; Pinyin: nièpán, Japanese: ć¶…ć§, nehan, Korean: ě—´ë°, yeol-bhan, Thai: Nibpan นิพพาน ), is a Sanskrit word that literally means extinction (as in a candle flame) and/or extinguishing (i.e.
Nirvana (Elemeno P) "Nirvana" is a single by Elemeno P released in 2002. The lyrics reference the grunge band Nirvana and their frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide with the lines "I like Nirvana/It doesn't mean I'll shoot myself".
Nirvana (leafhopper) Nirvana is a leafhopper genus belonging to the Nirvaninae subfamily and the tribe Nirvanini. Distinguishable from other leafhopper subfamilies by their uniquely shaped head and the presence of two preapical cells alone on the tegemen, they comprise some of the most beautiful and iridescent of the leafhoppers.
Nirvikalpa Nirvikalpa samÄdhi ( निर्विकल्प समाŕ¤ŕ¤ż ), sometimes also spelled as â€Nirbikalpa Samadhi’, is the highest state of samÄdhi, in which the aspirant realizes his/her total oneness with Brahman. It has been described as a state of absolute nothingness.
Nisa Today Nisa Today's is a brand and buying group (or â€symbol group’) of independent retailers (primarily small grocery shops) in the United Kingdom. It is mutual organisation owned by its members and operating “..
Nisab In Sharia (Islamic Jurisprudence) nisab (نصاب) is the amount which savings or capital or product must exceed in order for the Muslim owner to be obliged to give zakat. Several hadith have formulas for calculating nisab.
Nisaki Nisaki (Greek meaning "islet" or "little island") is a small sea-side village in north-east Corfu, which once had a tiny islet in its small bay. During the Twentieth Century, probably with the advent of mass tourism, several tavernas were built on this islet and a jetty was constructed, linking it permanently to the mainland.
Nisam Ista/Things Are Going My Way Nisam Ista/Things Are Going My Way is the debut single released by the winner of Idol Serbia, Montenegro & Macedonia, Cveta Majtanović. It features the Idol winning song Nisam Ista plus the english version - Things Are Going My Way.
Nisan Nisan (Hebrew: × Ö´×™×ˇÖ¸×ź, Standard Nisan Tiberian NĂ®sÄn ; from Akkadian , from Sumerian nisag "First fruits") is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the civil year on the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian; in the Tanakh it is called Aviv, meaning spring.
Nisanit Nisanit (Hebrew:× ×™×ˇ× ×™×Ş) was the largest Israeli settlement in the northern tip of the Gaza Strip in a mini-settlement bloc including Elei Sinai, Dugit. While Nisanit was under the municipal authority of the Hof Aza Regional Council it was not physically in the Gush Katif bloc where the bulk of the 'Gush Katif' settlements were located.
Nisar Bazmi One of the greatest music composers of Pakistan , Nisar Bazmi is responsible for introducing Alamgir to film music in Pakistan and the famous duo of Laxmikant-Piyarelal were musicians with him before partition of IndoPak.He was born in 1924 in Khandesh , Naseerabad , Bombay , India .
Nisargadatta Maharaj Nisargadatta Maharaj (April 1897 – September 8, 1981) worked as a simple bidi seller in Mumbai (known formerly as Bombay) but was considered by many an enlightened being and a master of spirituality. Maharaj was world renowned and admired for his direct and informal teachings, a selection of which are in his most famous book I Am That, which has been translated into many languages.
Nise da Silveira Nise da Silveira was born in MaceiĂł, in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Brazil, in 1905. After graduating from the Medical School of Bahia in 1926, she devoted har life to psychiatry and never was in agreement with the aggressive forms of treatment of her time such as commitment to psychiatric hospitals, electroshock, insulin therapy and lobotomy.
Nise-e Nise-e (似絵), or "likeness pictures," were a style of portraiture popular in the courts and intellectual circles of Japan's Kamakura period. Court officials, poets and intellectuals, and other prominent figures, would be portrayed in such a way as to capture the essence and personality of the individual in a very few brushstrokes.
NiseDrimogemon NiseDrimogemon is a Champion level Animal Digimon that looks like Drimogemon except it has a moustache instead of whiskers. The Japanese word "nise" means "fake," indicating (along with the name of its attacks) that this Digimon is an imperfect duplication.
Nisei (The X-Files) "Nisei" is the ninth episode of the third season of The X-Files. A mail order videotape of an alien autopsy blossoms into a much more complicated investigation when Mulder and Scully find the distributor of the tape murdered in his own home apparently by a high-ranking Japanese diplomat.
Nisei baseball research project The Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by Kerry Yo Nakagawa, the author of Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball, to preserve the history of Japanese American baseball. The NBRP's ultimate goal is the permanent inclusion of Japanese Americans into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown.
Nisei Week Nisei Week is an annual festival celebrating Japanese American (JA) culture and history in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Nisei means 2nd generation in Japanese, describing the first American born Japanese, a group which the seven day festival was originally meant to attract.
Nisenan language Nisenan (or alternatively, Southern Maidu, Neeshenam, Nishinam, Pujuni, or Wapumni) is a nearly extinct Maiduan language spoken by Maidu peoples traditionally in central California in the foothills of the Sierras, in the whole of the American, Bear and Yuba river drainages.
Nisga'a language Nisga'a (also Nass, Nisgha, Nisa'a, Nishka, Niska, Nishga, Nisqa’a) is a Tsimshianic language of the Nisga'a people of northwestern British Columbia. Nisga'a people, however, do not like this term as they feel that it gives precedence to Coast Tsimshian.
Nisha Kothari Nisha Kothari (Bangla: নিশা কোঠারী, Hindi: िनशा कोठारी), born Priyanka Kothari (Bangla: পŕ§ŕ¦żŕ¦Żŕ¦ľŕ¦¨ŕ¦•া কোঠারী, Hindi: पŕĄŕĄ€ŕ¤Żŕ¤ľŕ¤¨ŕ¤•ा कोठारी
Nishaan A Nishaan is the Ravidasi religious symbol, it is distinct from the Sikh Nishan Sahib. Strictly speaking "Nishaan" means "symbol" and is used in Ravidasi context to mean the mantras passed down by the Sants.
Nishadha Nishadha (Sanskrit: निषाध), Nishaad or Nishad was an indigenous tribe inhabiting ancient India, according to sources in Hindu mythology. The Nishadha people have been described in Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Nishan-e-Aqdas The Nishan-e-Aqdas (Imperial Order or Most Sacred Order of the Aqdas) was an Imperial Iranian Order founded in 1870 by the Qajar Shah of Iran Nassereddin. There were three classes, with two different styles for Iranians (Sardar) and foreigners (Nishan).
Nishan-e-Haider The Nishan-e-Haider (Urdu: نشان Řیدر), pronounced as "nishaan + ay + Hay + dhar", (Order of the Lion), is the highest military award given by Pakistan. It is awarded to select soldiers who display valor and courage on the battle field in the face of adversity.
Nishan-e-Imtiaz Nishan-i-Imtiaz or Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Urdu: نشان امتیاز) is the third highest honor given to a civillian in Pakistan. Usually it is regarded as the highest award one can achieve in Pakistan as the two top most awards are awarded to a very few people.
Nishan-e-Shujaat Nishan-i-Shujaat, or Order of Bravery, is a medal awarded by the Pakistani Government for military and civilian acts of acts of conspicuous gallantry, which are not always in the face of the enemy. The Nishan-i-Shujaat us worn as a breast badge suspended from a red ribbon threaded through a gold star and crescent.
Nishapur train disaster The Nishapur train disaster was actually an immense explosion in the village of Khayyam near Nishapur in Iran on 18 February 2004. Over 300 people were killed and the entire village destroyed, when runaway train wagons crashed into the community in the middle of the night and exploded.
Nishi (tribe) The Nishi tribe principally inhabit the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Known as the Nishi (alternative transliteration Nisi) in their own language (also called Nisi), they are sometimes called by the disdainful term Dafla by outsiders.
Nishi Honganji Nishi Honganji (or, 'The Western Temple of the Original vow') is one of two temple complexes of Jodo Shinshu in Kyoto, the other being Higashi Honganji (or, 'The Eastern Temple of the Original vow'). Today it serves as the head temple of the Jodo Shinshu organization.
Nishi Miyoshi Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Nishi 4-chĹŤme, TĹŤkaichi, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The station was originally opened to serve those on the north bank of the SaijĹŤ River in the former Miyoshi-machi in Futami District.
Nishi-Akashi Station is a SanyĹŤ Shinkansen and SanyĹŤ Main Line train station serving the city of Akashi, HyĹŤgo Prefecture, Japan. As part of the Urban Network, the J-Through Card, ICOCA, Suica, and PiTaPa can all be used on the SanyĹŤ Main Line (they can not be used for Shinkansen service).
Nishi-ku, Sapporo Nishi (西区; -ku, lit. "west ward") is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, with some areas of farmland and forested mountainous terrain mostly near its western and southern edges.
Nishi-shinjuku The Nishi-shinjuku (西新宿) skyscraper business district was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. Kenzo Tange's Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building being the current latest.
Nishi-Umeda Station Nishi-Umeda Station (西梅田駅, Nishi-Umeda-eki, Y11) is a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. Now, Nishi-Umeda is famous for Herbis ENT operated by Hanshin Electric Railway and the two Hilton Plazas.
Nishida Kitaro Nishida Kitaro (西田 ĺąľĺ¤šéŽ Nishida KitarĹŤ; 1870, Ishikawa Prefecture – 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher, founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy. He graduated from The University of Tokyo during the Meiji Era in 1894 with a degree in philosophy.
Nishigoshi, Kumamoto NishigĹŤshi (西ĺ志町; -machi) was a town located in Kikuchi District, Kumamoto, Japan. On February 27, 2006 the town merged with the town of Koshi forming the city of Koshi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Nishihara Loans The were a series of loans made by the Japanese government under the administration of Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake to the Anhui clique warlord Duan Qirui from January 1917 to September 1918, in exchange for territorial concessions and rights in northern China.
Nishikubiki District, Niigata Nishikubiki (čĄżé ¸ĺźŽéˇ; -gun) was a district located in Niigata, Japan. The district was founded in 1878, when the former Kubiki District split into Higashikubiki District, Nakakubiki District, and Nishikubiki District.
Nishimura Koku Nishimura Koku (1915 - June, 2002) was a master Japanese bamboo flute player, teacher, and craftsman. He played an especially raw style of flute he called the kyotaku, similar to the shakuhachi and very similar to the hocchiku.
Nishina (crater) Nishina is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the south-southwest of Maksutov crater, to the southeast of Finsen crater and the Leibnitz walled-plain.
Nishine, Iwate Nishine (čĄżć ąç”ş; -chou) was a town located in Iwate District, Iwate, Japan. On September 1, 2005 the town merged with another town and village from the district forming the city of Hachimantai and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Nishiseto Expressway The is an expressway in Japan that connects nine of the Geiyo Islands together, including Ohshima, Umashima, and Innoshima. The expressway contains ten bridges, including the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge, the world's longest series of suspension bridges, and the Tatara Bridge, the world's longest cable-stayed bridge.
Nishiyama Soin Nishiyama Soin (born Nishiyama Toyoichi in 1605, Higo Province, Japan, died May 5, 1682, Kyoto) was a haikai-no-renga poet of the early Tokugawa period. He founded the Danrin (which translates as 'talkative forest') school of haikai poetry which aimed to move away from the serious 'bookishness' popular in Japanese poetry at the time and become more in touch with the common people, infusing a spirit of greater freedom into their poetry.
Nishizo Tsukahara Nishizo Tsukahara, April 3 1887 – January 10 1966, was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. From September 10, 1941 until October 1, 1942, he commanded the 11th Air Fleet (also called the Base Air Force), headquartered at Tinian that was involved in the invasion of the Phillipines and then later supported Japanese offensives in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands from Rabaul, New Britain and other locations.
Nishnabotna River The Nishnabotna River is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and southeastern Nebraska in the United States. It flows for most of its length as two parallel streams in Iowa, the East Nishnabotna River and the West Nishnabotna River.
Nishnawbe-Aski The Nishnawbe-Aski, also known as the Oji-Cree, Anishinini or, less correctly, Severn Ojibwe, are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, residing in a narrow band extending from the Missinaibi River region in Northeastern Ontario at the east to Lake Winnipeg at the west.
Nisibis Nisibis (Nisibia, Nisibin, modern Nusaybin, Mardin Province, south-eastern Turkey ) is the ancient Mesopotamian city, which Alexander's successors refounded as Antiochia Mygdonia (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Μυγδονίας) and is mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus I against the Molon (Polybius, V, 51). Greek historian Plutarch suggested that the city was populated by Spartan descendants.
Nisida Nisida is a volcanic islet of the Flegrean Islands archipelago, in southern Italy. It lies at a very short distance from Cape Posillipo, just north of Naples; it is now connected to the mainland by a stone bridge.
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation is a Cree-speaking community of about 4,200 Cree centered in Nelson House, Manitoba, Canada. Nelson House is located about 80 km west of Thompson and is accessible via the mixed paved and gravel Manitoba Provincial Road 391.
Nisin Nisin is an inhibitory polycyclic peptide with 34 amino acid residues used as a food preservative. It contains the uncommon amino acids lanthionine, methyllanthionine, dehydroalanine and dehydro-amino-butyric acid.
Nisko County Nisko County (in Polish powiat niżański ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Subcarpathian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Nismo Nismo (abbreviated from Nissan Motorsport International) is the motorsports and performance division of Nissan Motor Company. Formed in 1984, Nismo cars have participated in JSPC, Formula Nippon, JTCC, 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona.
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the Nisqually River Delta near Puget Sound in northeastern Thurston County, Washington and northwestern Pierce County, Washington. The refuge is between the cities of Tacoma and Olympia.
Nisqually River The Nisqually River (IPA: ) is a river in west central Washington in the United States, approximately 81 mi (130 km) long. It drains part of the Cascade Range southwest of Tacoma, including the southern slope of Mount Rainier, into the southern end of Puget Sound.
Nisrin Barwari Nisrin Mustafa Sidiq Barwari (born 1967) was the Iraqi Minister for Municipalities and Public Works under the Iraqi Transitional Government. She was a member of the Transitional National Assembly elected on January 30 2005.
Nissan 300ZX The Nissan 300ZX, also known as the Nissan Fairlady Z, was a sports car produced by Nissan. It comprises the third and fourth generations of Nissan's Z-car line-up, respectively given the chassis designations Z31 and Z32.
Nissan Actic The Nissan Actic was a concept car design study by Nissan Design America in La Jolla, California, and presented at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. The vehicle itself is a crossover SUV style, with smooth, bullet-shaped bodywork that looks vaguely like a small Nissan Murano.
Nissan Altima The Altima (pronounced ALL-teemah) is a mid-size car currently being manufactured by the Japanese automaker Nissan, and is arguably a continuation of the "bloodline" that began with the Nissan Bluebird in 1957. It is larger, has more features, and is more expensive than the Nissan Sentra compact car; but is cheaper, less luxuriously appointed, and offers less powerful engines than the Nissan Maxima sports sedan.
Nissan Armada The Nissan Armada (formerly called the Pathfinder Armada) is Nissan's full-size sport utility vehicle. It shares its body-on-frame F-Alpha platform with the Nissan Titan pickup truck, Nissan Xterra SUV, Nissan Frontier pickup truck, and Nissan Pathfinder SUV.
Nissan Atlas The Nissan Atlas (kana:日産ă»ă‚˘ăă©ă‚ą) is a line of pickup truck and light-duty commercial vehicle by Nissan and UD. The range was primarily available in Japan and some other Asian countries, although it was also sold in the United States during the late 1980s and up current.
Nissan Avenir The Nissan Avenir is a line of station wagons beginning production in 1990 by Nissan of Japan. It was initially a station wagon version of the Nissan Primera, but was eventually spun off into its own line in 1998.
Nissan Bluebird The Nissan Bluebird is a compact- to medium-sized car launched in 1957. The nameplate still exists today on the Nissan Pulsar-based Nissan Bluebird Sylphy in Japan, and on the U13-based Nissan Bluebird in mainland China.
Nissan Cedric The Nissan Cedric is a large luxurious automobile produced by Nissan since 1960. It was developed to provide upscale transportation, competing with the Prince Skyline and Gloria which were later merged into the Nissan family.
Nissan Computer Nissan Computer Corporation provides sales and service of personal computers, servers, computer parts, and internet hosting and development. Nissan Computer found itself embroiled in a legal battle with Nissan Motors over the use of the name Nissan and the domain name nissan.
Nissan Crew The Nissan Crew is a midsize sedan manufactured by Nissan Motors and only sold in Japan, where the cars are used for police and taxi purposes, alongside the Nissan Cedric Y31, which is mechanically related, but larger. Its main competition is the Toyota Comfort.
Nissan Cube The Nissan Cube is a mini MPV produced by Nissan and sold in the Japanese market. Like its name suggests, the Cube is very square-like in its shape, with only the front end sticking out from the box shape of the design.
Nissan foria Conceived by Nissan’s international design studio, the Foria is a compact sports coupe concept powered by a mid-sized engine teamed with a paddle-shift automatic transmission. The Foria is said to combine agile city driving with fully engaging performance on open roads.
Nissan FM platform The Nissan FM platform is a modern FM layout automobile platform. The name is derived from the "front midships" location of the engine, referring to the engine's center of mass being located behind the front axle centerline, shifing weight to the middle of the car, leaving the front suspension less encumbered.
Nissan Fuga The Fuga (codename Y50) is a full-size luxury car from Nissan of Japan, introduced in October 2004. First shown as the Fuga Concept at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, it is a direct replacement for the long running Cedric and Gloria series of cars.
Nissan Group Nissan, or Nissan Group (nichiyo-kai) was one of Japan's most powerful business grouping, called keiretsu, founded by Yoshisuke Aikawa. Its core business was real estate and insurance, with hundreds of member companies, including fisheries, mining, and is affiliated with Hitachi companies.
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