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Nissan H engine The Nissan H series of automobile engines was an evolution of the Prince/Nissan G-series used in the 1960s. Both straight-4 and straight-6 versions were produced, and all but the Datsun Sports version were pushrod engines, unlike some of their predecessors.
Nissan Lafesta The Nissan Lafesta is a seven-seater minivan built by Nissan Motors for the Asian market. The name was derived from the Italian word festa, meaning holiday, festival or party, and according to the manufacturer "expresses a desire to spend an enjoyable time in the car together with family members or friends.
Nissan Livina Geniss The Nissan Livina Geniss (骏逸 [Jun Yi] in Chinese) is a compact seven-seat minivan, introduced on July 6, 2006 by Nissan Motors and their Chinese affiliate, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company at the Guangzhou International Motor Show and scheduled to go on sale in December 2006. It is powered by the Nissan MR18DE engine, and according to Nissan, will be their first in a line of new global vehicles, and is the first Nissan vehicle to debut in China before being released in other countries.
Nissan Maxima The Nissan Maxima is a car manufactured by Nissan that is in a line of upper mid-size executive and sports sedans. The Maxima debuted in 1976 as an upscale version of the Bluebird and was spun into its own line in 1980, having been made continuously since then.
Nissan MA MA09ERT The MA09ERT is an engine that Nissan Motors manufactures. It is a mass production engine that adopted the compound series supercharger system ("Double Charge"), seldom seen in the history of the Japanese car.
Nissan MR engine The MR is a family of straight-4 all-aluminum automobile engines with variable valve timing co-developed by Renault and Nissan. Other noteworthy features of this engine family include acoustically equal runner lengths and a tumble control valve for the intake manifold, a "silent" timing chain, mirror finished crankshaft and camshaft journals, and offset cylinder placement.
Nissan Murano The Nissan Murano is a near-luxury mid-size crossover SUV manufactured by Nissan since the 2003 model year. Known as the "Maxima of SUVs", it slotted above the Pathfinder as Nissan's top-of-the-line SUV until the launch of the Armada in 2004.
Nissan Mutual Life Insurance Nissan Mutual Life Insurance Company (日産生命保険相互会社) was a Japanese company that went bankrupt on April 25, 1997. It was the first time since the postwar period that a life insurer went bankrupt.
Nissan Note The Nissan Note is a mini MPV produced by the Japanese manufacturer Nissan. The Japanese version has been on sale since 2004, and the European adaptation has gone on sale during 2006, with the United Kingdom first to launch, on 1st March.
Nissan Outboard Motors Nissan outboards are produced by Tohatsu Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. They are the second largest producer of outboards in the world and a leader in innovative design with the environmentally conscious TLDI series of Two-stroke Low pressure Direct Injection outboards that meet current EPA regulations for the U.
Nissan Prairie The Nissan Prairie was introduced in Japan in 1981 and Europe in 1982 and was the first production multi-purpose vehicle, if the Fiat Multipla of the 1950s is not counted. It was also known as the Multi in Canada and the Stanza Wagon in the United States.
Nissan President The Nissan President is a Japanese luxury limousine introduced by Nissan in the 1960s and sold only in the Japanese market. The President is used mainly as a chauffeur car for government and corporate officials, and its main competitor in the Japanese market is the Toyota Century.
Nissan Primastar The Nissan PrimaStar is a medium commercial vehicle originally launched in 2001, and is available in panel van, combi, bus and platform cab configurations. Two wheelbases and two roof heights are available, as well as three diesel engines and a petrol.
Nissan Pulsar The Nissan Pulsar is a compact car / small family car produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 1978. It was originally conceived as a replacement for Nissan's first front-wheel drive platform, the Nissan Cherry family (models E10 and F10).
Nissan Qashqai The Nissan Qashqai (Nissan Dualis in Japan, Nissan Rogue in the US) is a compact crossover SUV to be released in early 2007 in Europe and Japan by the Japanese automaker Nissan. The P32L automobile platform will be also used by other oncoming Nissan crossover SUVs.
Nissan R390 GT1 The Nissan R390 GT1 was a racing car built for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 and 1998. It was built to race under the grand touring style rules, requiring a homologated road version to be built, although this was never sold.
Nissan R391 The Nissan R391 was a prototype racing car built by Nissan and their motorsports counterpart Nismo for competition at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was a replacement for the R390 GT1, which was no longer legal in its production-based class.
Nissan Rogue The Nissan Rogue is a new compact crossover SUV to be released in early 2007 for the 2008 model year by the Japanese automaker Nissan. The Rogue will be sold in North America and will replace the Nissan X-Trail in Canada as Nissan's smaller crossover SUV, as the Murano continues to grow in size and price.
Nissan Sentra The Nissan Sentra is a small car made by automaker Nissan Motors and is generally a rebadged export version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny. The name "Sentra" is not used in Japan, where it is currently known as Bluebird Sylphy.
Nissan Silvia The Silvia series of cars are one of Nissan's low-priced rear wheel drive (RWD), front mounted engine sports coupes on the Nissan S platform. Generally powered by an inline-4 engine, the S-series chassis underpins a number of different cars, each generation an evolution of the last.
Nissan Stanza The Nissan Stanza was a compact car introduced by Nissan in 1977 and was a "badge-engineered" brother to the Nissan Auster and Nissan Violet. All three bore the A10 codename, and were built in Hiratsuka, Japan and Oppama, Japan (the former home of the Maxima).
Nissan Sunny The Nissan Sunny is a small car manufactured by Nissan of Japan. It was launched in 1966 as the Datsun 1000 and although production in Japan ended in 2004, it remains in production today for the African and American markets.
Nissan Teana The Nissan Teana is a front wheel drive mid-size automobile produced by Nissan of Japan, introduced in 2003. It is exported as the Nissan Maxima and Nissan Cefiro to certain markets, not to be confused with the Nissan Maxima sold in North America.
Nissan Tiida The Nissan Tiida is a subcompact car manufactured by Nissan, replacing both the long-running Pulsar and the Sunny models in its home market as of September 30, 2004. The Tiida is not based on the Nissan C platform like the Renault MĂ©gane, but rather the Nissan B platform with the wheelbase stretched.
Nissan Titan The Nissan Titan is a full-size pickup truck produced in the American market by Nissan Motors. The truck shares the stretched Nissan F-Alpha platform with the Nissan Armada and Infiniti QX56 SUVs, and is manufactured in Canton, Mississippi.
Nissan Wingroad The Nissan Wingroad is an automobile available only as a compact station wagon. The first generation (Y10) was originally an estate version of the Nissan Sunny made between 1994 and 1998, but with a different rear end compared to the standard Sunny wagons that were exported.
Nissan X-Trail The Nissan X-Trail is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 2001, and the X-Trail is Nissan's first crossover SUV. It is sold in Japan, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, New Zealand and Australia.
Nissan Xterra The Nissan Xterra is a compact SUV based on the Nissan F-Alpha platform as of the 2005 model year, and shares many similarities with the Nissan Frontier pickup. The Xterra is slotted below the Pathfinder in Nissan's lineup.
Nissen fundoplication Nissen fundoplication is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatus hernia. In GERD it is usually performed when medical therapy has failed, but in particular types of hiatus hernia (the paraoesophageal variant), it is the first-line procedure.
Nissen hut The Nissen hut is a prefabricated shelter that consists of a sheet of corrugated steel bent into half a cylinder and planted in the ground with its axis horizontal. The semicircular ends are closed with masonry walls.
Nissequogue River State Park The Nissequogue River State Park is located on the banks and bluffs of the Nissequogue River in Kings Park, New York. The park was conceived in 1999, and established on the waterfront portion of the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center.
Nissho Inoue Inoue Nissho （井上日召, Inoue Nissho）(1887-1967) was a radical Buddhist preacher of the Nichiren sect and the founder of the interwar Japanese far-right terrorist organization Ketsumeidan (血盟団 League of Blood). Contrary to popular belief, he was never an ordained Nichiren priest, but was rather a self-styled Nichiren preacher whose extremist tenets were widely denounced by Japan’s Nichiren Buddhist establishment of the time.
Nissi Nissi is a name that appears in the Hebrew text of the Bible, referring to Jehovah Nissi. Jehovah Nissi is the name of the memorial altar erected by Moses after the nation of Israel won the battle against the Amalekites at Rephidim.
Nissim of Gerona Rabbi Nissim ben Reuven (1320 - 1380, Hebrew: נסים בן ראובן) of Girona, Catalonia was an influential talmudist and authority in Jewish law. He was one of the last of the great Spanish medieval talmudic scholars.
Nisyros Nisyros (Greek: Νίσυρος; also transliterated Nissiros; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a volcanic Greek island located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, and lies between Kos and Tilos.
Nita Little Nita Little was a founding member of the Contact Improvisation performance at the John Weber gallery in New York City (with Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, among others). Currently resides on the West Coast, still teaching the form she helped develop.
Nitanju Bolade Casel Nitanju Bolade Casel has been a member of the African American a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock since 1985. Prior to joining, Casel spent four years studying performance and cultural organization in Dakar, Senegal.
Nite Lite Live Nite Lite Live is a Christian nightly television open-line call-in show in Canada hosted by Paul Willoughby; it is a programme on the Crossroads Television System (CTS). The show is 2 1/2 hours long, commercial-free, from 2 A.
Nite-Owl Nite Owl is the name of a pair of fictional characters in the comic book series, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and published by DC Comics. They are modified versions of the various Blue Beetle characters created for Fox Feature Syndicate and later sold to Charlton Comics, with the second Nite Owl bearing certain similarities to Batman.
Niter kibbeh Niter kibbeh or niter qibe (Ge'ez ንጥር ቅቤ niṭer ḳibē) is a seasoned clarified butter used in Ethiopian cooking. Its preparation is similar to that of ghee, but niter kebbeh is simmered with spices such as cumin, coriander, turmeric, cardamom, cinnamon, or nutmeg before straining.
Nithari Nithari is a village in far western Uttar Pradesh, India, bordering on the Capital, New Delhi, where the dismembered bodies of several children were found dumped in the sewers around a house, Number D-5, Sector 31.
Nithsdale Nithsdale (Srath Nid in Scottish Gaelic), also known by its anglicised gaelic name Strathnith or Stranit, is the valley of the River Nith, which flows north to south through south-west Scotland. It has historically been a strategic area as it forms an invasion route into central Scotland, from England.
Nitijela Nitijela is the name given to the lower house of the Marshall Islands' legislature. In terms of the Micronesian system, this is where the majority of the legislative power resides, although it is the lower of two houses in a bicameral system.
Nitin Sawhney Nitin Sawhney is a London-based composer and DJ of various styles of music, including jazz, drum and bass, hip hop, flamenco and modern orchestral compositions. His major works include Beyond Skin, Prophesy, Human, and Philtre.
Nitinaht language Nitinaht (also Nitinat, Ditidaht, Southern Nootkan) is a South Wakashan (Nootkan) language spoken on the southern part of Vancouver Island. Nitinaht is related to the other South Wakashan languages, Makah and the neighboring Nuu-chah-nulth.
Nitiphoom Naowarat Nitiphoom Naowarat (Thai: นิติภูมิ นวรัตน์), born 1960, is a columnist and Senator-elect of the Kingdom of Thailand. He is noted for his anti-privatization, anti-globalization, and anti-GMO views.
Nito Gomez Nito Gomez is a former WWE wrestler and bodybuilder born in Hawaii in 1964. The son of famed wrestler "Pepper" Gomez, Nito - looking uncannily like his father - followed in his footsteps and joined World Wrestling Entertainment in the late-80s.
Nitobe Memorial Garden The Nitobe Memorial Garden is a traditional Japanese garden located at the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands, just outside the city limits of Vancouver, Canada. It is part of the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research.
Nitobi Nitobi is a software company based in Vancouver, Canada that builds Ajax_(programming) user-interface components as well as custom AJAX and web solutions. Previously eBusiness Applications, the company was re-branded in July 2006 to become Nitobi.
Nitocris Nitocris (Greek Νίτωκρις) has been claimed to have been the last Pharaoh of the 6th Dynasty of Egypt, and perhaps the first female ruler of Egypt, the first known Queen regnant in the world. Her name is found in the Histories of Herodotus and writings of Manetho.
Nitpicking Nitpicking is the act of removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from the host's hair. As the nits are cemented to individual hairs with louse saliva, they cannot be removed with lice combs and, before modern chemical methods were invented, the only options were to shave all the host's hair or to pick them free one by one.
Nitpicking (pastime) Nitpicking is the pastime of finding, often trivial, mistakes in movies and television shows. These mistakes can range from inconsistencies between episodes in a series, to plot devices and oversights, to production problems.
Nitra county Nitra (in Latin: comitatus Nitriensis, in Hungarian Nyitr(i)a (vár)megye, in Slovak: Nitriansky komitát / Nitrianska stolica / Nitrianska župa, in German Neutraer Gespanschaft/Komitat Neutra) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Slovakia.
Nitratine Nitratine, also known as cubic nitre or soda niter, is a mineral, the naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate, NaNO3. Nitratine crystallizes in the trigonal system, but rarely occurs as well formed crystals.
Nitrazepam Nitrazepam (marketed under the trade names Alodorm®, Mogadon®, Nitredon®, Nilandron®) is a powerful hypnotic drug, which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses powerful anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, amnestic, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.
Nitric acid The chemical compound nitric acid (HNO3), also known as aqua fortis and spirit of nitre, is an aqueous solution of hydrogen nitrate (anhydrous nitric acid). It is a highly corrosive and toxic acid that can cause severe burns.
Nitric oxide synthase The nitric oxide synthetases (NOS) are a group of enzymes () responsible for the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) from the terminal nitrogen atom of L-arginine in the presence of O2 and the cofactors nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), flavin mononucleotide (FMN), heme, tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4).
Nitrifying bacteria Nitrifying bacteria are bacteria that are able to grow chemolithotrophically at the expense of inorganic nitrogen compounds. Many species of nitrifying bacteria have complex internal membrane systems that are the location for key enzymes in nitrification: ammonia monooxygenase which oxidizes ammonia to hydroxylamine, and nitrite oxidase, which oxidizes nitrite to nitrate.
Nitrilimine Nitrilimines or nitrile amides are a class of organic compounds sharing a common functional group with the general structure R-CN-NR corresponding to an amine bonded to the N-terminus of a nitrile. The dominant structure for the parent compound nitrilimine is that of 1 in scheme 1 with a C-N triple bond and with a positive charge on nitrogen and two lone pairs and a negative charge on the terminal nitrogen.
Nitrilotriacetic acid Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), C6H9NO6, is a chemical compound used as a chelating agent which forms coordination compounds with metal ions (chelates) such as Ca2+, Cu2+ or Fe3+. In 1999 about 20,000 tons of NTA were used in Europe.
Nitro (roller coaster) Nitro is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. It was opened in the spring 2001 and was the tallest roller coaster in New Jersey at the time (this title now belongs to Kingda Ka, which can also be found in Six Flags Great Adventure), as well as the tallest on the East Coast of the United States.
Nitro compound Nitro compounds are organic compounds that contain one or more nitro functional groups (-2). They are often highly explosive; various impurities or improper handling can easily trigger a violent exothermic decomposition.
Nitro engine A nitro engine generally refers to an engine powered with a fuel that contains some portion of nitromethane. Nitromethane is a highly combustible fuel that is generally only used in very specifically designed or modified engines.
Nitro Express The Nitro Express series of cartridges are used in large bore hunting rifles, also known as elephant guns or express rifles. They are named after the propellant they use, cordite, which is composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine.
Nitrobenzene Nitrobenzene, also known as nitrobenzol or oil of mirbane, is a poisonous organic compound with an almond odor and chemical formula C6H5NO2. It may be found as either bright yellow crystals or an oily water-insoluble liquid.
Nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose (also: cellulose nitrate, flash paper) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through, for example, exposure to nitric acid or another powerful nitrating agent. When used as a propellant or low-order explosive, it is also known as guncotton.
Nitrofuran Nitrofuran is a class of theraputic antibacterial agent (it cures disease) it includes drugs such as Nitrofurazone, Furazolidone, Nitrofurantoin and Furaltadone. It is currently a prescribed drug that can be used on pets, but it is banned for the use of any animal which is going to be used for feed purposes.
Nitrogen asphyxiation Nitrogen asphyxiation is a theoretical method of capital punishment advocated by Stuart A. Creque in his article published in National Review, "Killing with kindness - capital punishment by nitrogen asphyxiation".
Nitrogen assimilation Nitrogen assimilation is a fundamental biological process that occurs in plants and algae that are incapable of independent nitrogen fixation. The assimilation of nitrogen has marked effects on plant productivity, biomass, and crop yield, and nitrogen deficiency leads to a decrease in structural components.
Nitrogen deficiency Nitrogen (N) deficiency in plants can occur when woody material such as sawdust is added to the soil. Soil organisms will utilise any nitrogen in order to break this down, thus making it temporarily unavailable to growing plants.
Nitrogen fixation Nitrogen fixation is the process by which nitrogen is taken from its relatively inert molecular form (N2) in the atmosphere and converted into nitrogen compounds (such as, notably, ammonia, nitrate and nitrogen dioxide) useful for other chemical processes.
Nitrogen inversion In chemistry, a nitrogen compound like ammonia in a trigonal pyramid geometry undergoes rapid nitrogen inversion whereby the molecule turns inside out. This interconversion is a room temperature process because the energy barrier (24.
Nitrogen narcosis Nitrogen narcosis or inert gas narcosis is a reversible alteration in consciousness producing a state similar to alcohol intoxication in scuba divers at depth. It occurs at any depth, but in most cases doesn't become noticeable until deeper depths.
Nitrogen Oxide Protocol Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes, opened for signature on 31 October 1988 and entered into force on 14 February 1991, was to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes.
Nitrogen rule (with regard to mass spectrometry) The nitrogen rule is not a rule, per se, as much as a general principle which may prove useful when attempting to solve organic mass spectrometry structures. Simply stated, the nitrogen rule for organic compounds containing exclusively hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, and the halogens, is that an odd nominal mass indicates an odd number of nitrogen atoms are present and an even nominal mass indicates an even number of nitrogen atoms are present in the molecular ion.
Nitrogen trichloride Nitrogen trichloride, also known as trichloramine, is the chemical compound with the formula NCl3. This yellow, oily, pungent-smelling liquid, is often encountered as a byproduct of chemical reactions between ammonia-derivatives and chlorine.
Nitrogen triiodide Nitrogen triiodide, also called nitrogen iodide, is the chemical compound with the formula NI3. It is a sensitive contact explosive: small quantities explode with a gunpowder-like snap when touched even lightly, releasing a purple cloud of iodine vapor.
Nitrogenous base Nitrogenous bases are organic compounds that owe their basic properties to the lone pair of electrons of a nitrogen atom. Typical nitrogenous bases are ammonia (NH3), triethylamine, pyridine, and the nucleobases adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, and uracil.
Nitrophorin Nitrophorins are hemoproteins found in saliva of blood-feeding insects. Saliva of the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus contains four homologous nitrophorins, designated NP1 to NP4 in order of their relative abundance in the glands.
Nitrosomonas europea Nitrosomonas europea is a gram-negative obligate chemolithoautotroph that can derive all its energy and reductant for growth from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite and lives in several places such as soil, sewage, freshwater, the walls of buildings and on the surface of monuments especially in polluted areas where the air contains high levels of nitrogen compounds.
Nitrosonium The nitrosonium ion is NO+, the nitrogen atom is bonded to an oxygen atom with a bond order of 2, the overall diatomic species bearing a positive charge. This ion is usually obtained as the following salts: NOClO4, NOSO4H (nitrosyl sulfuric acid, more descriptively written ONSO2OH), and NOBF4.
Nitrous Nitrous is a slang term for nitrous oxide (N2O) also sometimes referred to as NOS. This misnomer most likely came about due to the abbreviation of the company name _N_itrous _O_xide _S_ystems (NOS) - who were amongst those pioneers to develop systems for automotive performance use.
Nitrozac Nitrozac is the nickname from the co-creator of the The Joy of Tech and After Y2K webcomics, and along with Snaggy, runs the Geek Culture website and Forum community. Her real name is Liza Schmalcel, and she is a Canadian.
Nitshill Nitshill is a suburb on the south side of Glasgow. It was originally a coal mining village; the Nitshill Colliery was the scene of one of Scotland's worst mining disasters—on March 15 1851 in which 61 men and boys died.
Nitta family The was one of several major families descended from the Seiwa Genji, and numbered among the chief enemies of the Ashikaga shogunate, and later the HĹŤjĹŤ clan regents. The common ancestor of the Nitta, Minamoto no Yoshishige, was the elder brother of Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, the common ancestor of the Ashikaga clan.
Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad The Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad is a short line that operates 70 miles of track in Blair, Centre, and Clinton counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The line runs generally northeast between Tyrone (in Blair County) and Lock Haven (in Clinton County).
Nittany Arch The Nittany Arch is an anticline geologic formation in the western part of the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian Mountains of Central Pennsylvania, United States. During the Appalachian orogeny, the sedimentary rock layers in this area folded up, forming the Nittany Arch.
Nittany Lion The Nittany Lion is the mascot of the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania and its athletic teams. It refers to the mountain lions that once roamed nearby the school, and to Mount Nittany, a local landmark.
Nittany Mall Nittany Mall is located at the foot of Mount Nittany in the Nittany Valley of Centre County, outside State College, Pennsylvania. It is in Dale Summit, near the junction of PA 150 and PA 26, a five mile drive from U.
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT) is located in Gollahalli, Govindapura, Yelahanka, Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. It started in Bangalore in 2001 with engineering courses in Computer Science, Electronics, and Electrical and Information Engineering Courses.
Nitti (musician) Nitti (Born Chandron Moore) is an American rapper and producer signed to So So Def Recordings that has been active since 2005. He is best known for producing Yung Joc's singles It's Goin' Down and I Know You See It.
Nittwits The Nittwits are a student organization supporting Penn State University's NCAA men's basketball team. As of the fall 2006 semester, it is the second-largest student organization on Penn State's University Park campus, behind only the Blue & White Society.
Nitty Gritty Glen Augustus Holness, otherwise known by his stage name Nitty Gritty, was a popular Reggae singer. Born in 1957 in the August Town section of Kingston, Jamaica, he was the second of eleven children born to religious parents.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since the original founding in California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen iterations over the years, including five years, between Dirt, Silver & Gold (1976) and Let's Go (1983), when the band performed and recorded as The Dirt Band.
Nitun Kundu Nitun Kundu (Bengali: নিতুন কূণ্ডু) (full name: Nitya Gopal Kundu (Bengali: নিত্যগোপাল কূণ্ডু) (December 3 1935 - September 15 2006) was a Bangladeshi artist, sculptor and entrepreneur, who was known for bringing new trends in abstract and realistic art to the Bangladeshi arts scene. He was also well known for his furniture designs, pioneering the use of integrating wood with metal in Bangladesh.
Nitya Anand Nitya Anand (born 1 January 1925 in Layallpur Pakistan) is a scientist who was the director of Central Drug Research Institute in Lucknow for several years. He was involved in carrying out some pioneering work on pharmaceutical sciences.
Nityanand Swami (politician) Nityanand Swami is a former chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhandl, named Uttaranchal during his administration. He was the first chief minister of the state - from November 2000 to 2001 although he himself is of Haryana origin.
Nitzan Nitzan (Hebrew ניצן, literally flower bud) is a religiously observant town located among the Nitzanim sand dunes north of Ashkelon, Israel. Nitzan was founded in 1949, and as of 1995, it had a population of 105.
Nitzavim Nitzavim, Nitsavim, Nitzabim, Netzavim, or Nesabim (ניצבים — Hebrew for “ones standing,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 51st weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in September or early October.
Nitzer Ebb Nitzer Ebb (pronounced night-zer or nit-zer—the band themselves pronounce it either way) is a music group formed in 1982 by Essex schoolfriends Douglas McCarthy (vocals, synthesizer), Vaughan (Bon) Harris on synthesizers and drums, and David Gooday.

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