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Noose The noose is a simple knot, normally made from a small-diameter rope, that is often used by campers and hunters to catch small game. The noose has also traditionally been known as a suicide method; however the actual knot associated with this is the Hangman's knot.
Noosphere The noosphere can be seen as the "sphere of human thought" being derived from the Greek νους ("nous") meaning "mind" in the style of "atmosphere" and "biosphere". In the original theory of Vernadsky, the noosphere is the third in a succession of phases of development of the Earth, after the geosphere (inanimate matter) and the biosphere (biological life).
Noot vir Noot Noot vir Noot ("Note for Note") is an Afrikaans language musical quiz shown on South African television. It is the longest continually running television game show (in any language) in the country, having reached 17 years and its 26th series by 2006.
Nootka Elementary School Nootka Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1959 as Lord Beaconsfield Annex, but a growing student population led to the creation of Nootka Elementary School after full elementary school status was granted in 1963 is located at 3375 Nootka Street, near Renfrew Street.
Nootropic Nootropics, popularly referred to as "smart drugs", are substances which boost human cognitive abilities (the functions and capacities of the brain). The word nootropic is derived from the Greek words noos or mind and tropein meaning to ward.
Nopiming Provincial Park Nopiming Provincial Park is located in the province of Manitoba, Canada, on the southeast side of the province, along the border of Ontario. The area is mostly boreal forest and Canadian Shield with many lakes and rivers.
Nor (Wicked) Nor is the daughter of Fiyero and Sarima in the novel Wicked by Gregory Maguire, and often described as a small skinny dark girl with a big smile. She is the youngest of the children of Fiyero and often bullied by her brother Manek; Nor and her other borther Irji often have to work together to stand up to Manek.
Nor Crystal Tears Nor Crystal Tears is a first contact novel about the meeting of the insect-like Thranx and humans written by Alan Dean Foster that started the Humanx Commonwealth. It is written from the perspective of the Thranx and the cultural lens through which they encounter "alien" humans.
Nor Loch The Nor Loch, also known as the Nor' Loch and the North Loch, was a body of water formerly in Edinburgh, in the area now occupied by Princes Street Gardens, which lies between the Royal Mile and Princes Street.
Nor Mohamed Yakcop Nor Mohamed Yakcop is currently the Second Finance Minister of Malaysia, a post he has held since 2004; the First Finance Minister is Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Action Council.
Nor of human Nor of Human: An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures is the first short story collection published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2001 under ISBN 0-646-41393-7 and edited by Geoffrey Maloney, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors.
Nor'easter A Noreaster (also northeaster; see below) is a macro-scale storm whose winds come from the northeast, especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. More specifically, it describes a low pressure area whose center of rotation is just off the coast and whose leading winds in the left forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast.
Nora (technology) NORA is an acronym for Non-Obvious Relational Awareness, a technology that mines data resources to determine the relationships between people. Non-Obvious Relational Awareness is associated with Jeff Jonas, founder of Systems Research and Development (SRD).
Nora Archibald Smith Nora Archibald Smith (1859-1934) was an American children's author of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and sister of Kate Douglas Wiggin, whose most famous book was "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". Nora and Kate co-authored and co-edited several children's books.
Nora Aunor Nora Aunor (born Nora Cabaltera Villamayor on May 21, 1953 in Iriga, Camarines Sur) is a multi-awarded Filipino actress-singer-producer. Acknowledged as the one and only Superstar of Philippine entertainment, Aunor has also headlined several stage plays, television shows, and concerts.
Nora Court District Nora Court District, or Nora tingslag, was a district of Ă…ngermanland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Nora Fontaine Davidson Nora Fontaine Maury- Davidson (1836-1929) was an American schoolteacher in Petersburg, Virginia. She is credited with the first Memorial Day ceremony in Petersburg, and as the inspiration for the USA's National Memorial Day today.
Nora GĂşnera de Melgar Nora GĂşnera de Melgar was a Honduran politician and wife of General Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (deceased), the Honduran military Head of State from 1975 to 1978. Afer being elected mayor of Tegucigalpa, she ran for presidency for the National Party in 1997, but lost to Liberal Party nominee Carlos Roberto Flores Facusse.
Nora Greenwald Noreen Kristina "Nora" Greenwald (born September 7, 1977), better known by her ring name, Molly Holly, is an American professional wrestler. Greenwald is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment.
Nora Heysen Nora Heysen AM (January 11, 1911 - December 30, 2003) was an Australian artist, the first woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture and the first Australian women appointed as an official war artist.
Nora Kaye Nora Kaye (January 17, 1920-February 28, 1987) was an American ballerina, who was also called the Duse of Dance, after actress, Eleonora Duse. Kaye was born Nora Koreff to Russian parents in Brooklyn but later changed her Russian surname to a more American sounding name.
Nora Lewin Nora Lewin was a fictional television character on the TV show Law & Order, played by two-time Academy Award winning actress Dianne Wiest from 2000 to 2002. Her character was particularly notable for the fact that she was the first woman in the program's history to hold the position of District Attorney of New York County.
Nora Miao Nora Miao (born in Taiwan , February 81952 ; Cantonese: Miu Ho-Sau) is a Hong Kong actress who is famous for appearing in many kung-fu films during the 1970s. She was contracted to Golden Harvest for most of the 1970's and spent her time making films in Hong Kong and Taiwan where she starred in a number of Chinese romance themed movies.
Nora Radcliffe Nora Radcliffe (born 4 March 1946, Aberdeen) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon, first elected in 1999. She is the Scottish Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Party Convener, Equal Opportunities Spokesperson, and Environment and Rural Development Spokesperson.
Nora Young Nora Young is a Canadian broadcaster and writer. She was the original host of CBC Radio's Definitely Not the Opera, and currently produces documentaries for the CBC, and is an occasional host of The Arts Tonight.
Nora, Indianapolis Nora is a neighborhood on the north side of Indianapolis, generally considered to be contained by Meridian Street on the west, Castleton on the east, Ravenswood to the south, and 96th Street(which forms the border between Marion and Hamilton Counties) on the north. Nora has historically been an affluent neighborhood of Indianapolis and is home to North Central High School.
Nora, Italy Nora is an ancient Roman and pre-Roman town placed on a peninsula near Pula, near to Cagliari in Sardinia. It is believed to be the first town founded in Sardinia and to have been settled by the ancient Nuraghi people, however after colonisation by Phoenicians and a period of domination by Carthage the town came under Roman control after the conquest of Sardinia in 238 BC.
Noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant Noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants (abbreviated: NaSSAs) are a relatively new class of antidepressants. They are thought to act by noradrenergic autoreceptor and heteroreceptor antagonism combined with specific serotonergic antagonism.
Norah Lofts Norah Lofts, née Norah Robinson, (27 August 1904–10 September 1983) was a 20th century best-selling British author. She wrote over fifty books specialising in historical fiction, but she also wrote non-fiction and short stories.
Norah O'Donnell Norah O'Donnell (born January 23, 1974) is a contributing correspondent for NBC News's Today program and chief Washington correspondent for MSNBC. In addition O'Donnell now anchors MSNBC Live and is one of the rotating anchors serving at the News Desk on Weekend Today.
Norah Satie Rear Admiral Norah Satie is a character from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, The Drumhead, although she was mentioned in passing in other episodes. The character was played by British actress Jean Simmons.
Noralta Junior Hockey League The Noralta Junior Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. This league used to be called the North Central Alberta Junior "C" Hockey League.
Noravank Noravank (, meaning new monastery) is a 13th century monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Darichay river, nearby the city of Yeghegnadzor, Armenia. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs, directly across from the monastery.
Norayr Mnatsakanyan Norayr Mnatsakanyan (Armenian:Նորայր Մնացականյան)(Russian:Норайр Мнацаканян)(January 7, 1923 – March 25, 1986) was a Merited Artist of Armenia. As a renowned vocal performer of Armenian traditional and gousan music, Norayr Mnatsakanyan has become one
Norðoyatunnilin Norðoyatunnilin (The Northern Isles Tunnel) is with 6,300 m the longest tunnel of the Faroe Islands. It connects the town of Leirvík on Eysturoy under the strait Leirvíksfjørður with the city of Klaksvík on Borðoy.
NorĂ°ri, SuĂ°ri, Austri and Vestri In Norse mythology, NorĂ°ri, SuĂ°ri, Austri and Vestri ("Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western") were four dwarves who each supported one of the four cardinal points. Together, they upheld the heavenly dome, created from the skull of the giant Ymir.
Norb Hecker Norb Hecker (May 26, 1927 - March 14, 2004) was a football player and coach who was part of eight National Football League championship teams, but may be best remembered as the first head coach of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.
Norbert Bisky Norbert Bisky (born 1970, Leipzig) is a German painter, known for his frescos depicting adolescents. Bisky is the most well-known figure in a group of rising German artists who have ushered in a new age of German painting centered in Berlinworks often create a puzzle for the viewer.
Norbert BlĂĽm Norbert BlĂĽm (born July 21, 1935) is a German federal legislator from North Rhine-Westphalia, Chairman of the CDU there, and former minister for labor and social affairs (for 16 years in the government of Helmut Kohl).
Norbert Bollow Norbert Bollow founded the DotGNU project, building upon a proposal from Enzo-Adrian Reyes; He is a member of the DotGNU SteeringCommittee and he can often be found as 'nb' on the DotGNU irc channel ( #dotgnu on irc servername chat.freenode.
Norbert Casteret Norbert Casteret (1897 - 1987) was a famous French caver and adventurer, and is one of the most recognizable names in caving worldwide. Following Édouard-Alfred Martel (the "father of modern speleology", although Casteret sometimes also enjoys this title), Casteret, along with Robert de Joly, became a leading figure of French speleology between the world wars and into the middle of the 20th century.
Norbert Guterman Norbert Guterman was a notable scholar, and translator of scholarly and literary works from French, Polish and Latin into English. His translations were remarkable for their range of subject matter and their quality.
Norbert Lynton Norbert Lynton is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at Sussex University. He has published on architecture and on modern art including Paul Klee, Ben Nicholson, William Scott and with Erika Langmuir, the Yale Dictionary of Modern Art.
Norbert Pearlroth Norbert Pearlroth (1896-1983) spent most of his life in the New York Public Library. Born in Tarnow, Austria, he went to the university in KrakĂłw, planning to become a lawyer, but events of World War I took him away from his studies.
Norbert Provencher Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher (February 12, 1787 – June 7, 1853) was an important figure in the history of the Franco-manitoban community, responsible for the St.-Boniface Cathedral and the College universitaire de Saint-Boniface.
Norbert RĂłzsa Norbert RĂłzsa (born February 9, 1972 in Budapest) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at three consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won two silver medals, in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke, and became Olympic champion in Atlanta, Georgia in the 200m Breaststroke.
Norbert Rillieux Norbert Rillieux (March 18,1806 – October 8, 1894), inventor and engineer, is most noted for inventing the multiple-effect evaporator, an energy-efficient means of evaporating water. This invention was an important development in the growth of the sugar industry.
Norbert Roettiers Norbert Roettiers (1665 - May 18, 1727) was a celebrated Flemish-born engraver of currency and medals in both England and France. With his elder brother James he was named Engraver-General to the British Royal Mint in 1695.
Norbert Schemansky Norbert Schemansky (born May 30 1924 in Detroit, Michigan) was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. Schemansky was the first weightlifter to earn four Olympic medals, despite missing the 1956 Olympic Games due to back problems.
Norbert Vollertsen Norbert Vollertsen (born 10 February 1958 in Dusseldorf) is a German doctor and human rights activist. He practiced medicine in North Korea from 1999 to 2001 and received a medal from the North Korean government for his humanitarian assistance.
Norbert Wiener Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 Columbia, Missouri – March 18, 1964 Stockholm Sweden) was an American theoretical and applied mathematician. He was a pioneer in the study of stochastic and noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication and control systems.
Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility The Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility was established in 1987 in honor of Norbert Wiener to recognize contributions by computer professionals to socially responsible use of computers. It is awarded annually by CPSR.
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics The Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics is a $5000 prize awarded every three years to for an outstanding contribution to "applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense." It was endowed in 1967 in honor of Norbert Wiener by MIT's mathematics department and is provided jointly by the American Mathematical Society and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Norbert Zongo Norbert Zongo (July 1949, Koudougou - December 13, 1998) was the publisher and editor of the Burkina Faso newspaper l'Indépendant. He was assassinated after his newspaper began investigating the murder of a driver who had worked for the brother of President Blaise Compaoré.
Norberto Alonso Norberto Osvaldo Alonso (born January 4, 1953), known as El Beto, is a former Argentine football player, who was with Club Atlético River Plate for most of his career, and is arguably one of River Plate's top players ever.
Norberto Bobbio Norberto Bobbio (October 18, 1909 – January 9, 2004) was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and an historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa.
Norberto Ceresole Norberto Rafael Ceresole (Buenos Aires, August 1943 - May 4 2003) was an Argentine sociologist and political scientist, who identified himself with Peronism, left-wing militias and the ideas of his friends Robert Faurisson, Roger Garaudy and Ernst Nolte. He was accused throughout his life of being neo-fascist and anti-semitic because of his Holocaust denial]and hatred of [[Zionism], [[Israel and the Jewish community.
Norberto Romuáldez Norberto Romuáldez y López (June 6,1875 - November 4,1941) (often referred to as Norberto Romuáldez, Sr. to distinguish him from his son with the same name) was a Philippine writer, politician, jurist and statesman.
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718 – October 15, 1770) was governor of the Virginia Colony from 1768 to 1770. He was a member of Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Norbulingka Norbulingka (Tibetan: ནོར་འུ་གླིང་ཀ་; Wylie: Nor-bu-gling-ka) is a palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet which served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the PRC takeover in the late 1950s. The park was built by the Seventh Dalai Lama in the 1750s, and became the summer residence during the reign of the Eighth Dalai Lama.
Norbury Manor High School for Girls Norbury Manor High School for Girls, also known as Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise College for Girls is a secondary foundation school for girls in Norbury in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It includes a sixth form operated in cooperation with St.
Norby Norby is a fictional robot created by Isaac Asimov and Janet Asimov who stars in his own series of children's science fiction books, The Norby Chronicles. His first appearance was in the 1983 book Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot.
Norby's Farm Fleet Norby's Fleet Farm is a retail chain of 8 stores in Iowa. The stores sell hunting and fishing equipment, appliances, houseware, automotive goods, apparel, hardware, lawn and garden supplies, paint, pet supplies, sporting goods, and tools.
Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot Norby The Mixed-Up Robot (1983) is the first book in the Norby series by Isaac Asimov and Janet Asimov. In it, Jefferson Wells and Norby stop Ing from taking over the Solar System with the help of Jeff's brother Fargo Wells, police officer Albany Jones, and Admiral Boris Yobo.
Norcross Brothers The Norcross Brothers, James (born 1831) and Orlando (born 1839) were born in Maine and moved to Worchester, Massachusetts in 1868. Skilled construction carpenters, they opened their own construction company and in 1869 contracted to build the new Worcester high school building designed by a young architect, H.
Nord 1500 Griffon The Nord 1500 Griffon was the prototype of a ramjet-powered fighter aircraft designed and built in the mid-1950s by French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation. It was part of a series of competing programs to fill a French air force specification for a Mach 2 fighter.
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It is an interactive fiction computer game written by Jeff O'Neill and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms of the time, such as the PC and Commodore 64.
Nord Express The "Nord Express" (Northern Express) was introduced in 1896 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, a Belgian night train company. It left Paris via Brussels, Cologne, Hanover, Berlin, Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad) and Daugavpils to Saint Petersburg.
Nord Pool Nord Pool ASA - The Nordic Power Exchange - is the world's only multinational exchange for trading electric power. Nord Pool was established in 1993, and is owned by the two national grid companies, Statnett SF in Norway (50%) and Affärsverket Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden (50%).
Nord Stream Nord Stream (former names: North Transgas and North European Gas Pipeline) is a planned natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. The name of Nord Stream refers usually to the offshore section of this pipeline between Vyborg and Greifswald, but sometimes it may have wider meaning, which includes onshore section in Russia and further connections in the Western-Europe.
Nord Stream AG Nord Stream AG is a consortium for constraction and operation of the planned Nord Stream submarine pipeline between Vyborg in Russia and Greifswald in Germany. It's incorporated in Zug, Switzerland on 30 November 2005.
Nord-du-Québec Nord-du-Québec is the largest of the seventeen administrative regions of Québec, Canada. With 839,000 km², of which 121,000 km² are lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Québec.
Nord-Frøya Nord-Frøya is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. Nord-Frøya was created on January 1, 1906 when Frøya municipality was split into Nord-Frøya and Sør-Frøya, at which point Nord-Frøya had a population of 3 972.
Nord-gascon Nord-gascon is a dialect of the Gascon language, belonging to the Occitan language spoken in Northern Aquitaine, for example in Bordeaux and MĂ©doc. Only a minority of the persons from this area speak this dialect.
Nord-Ost Nord-Ost (Russian: Норд-Ост, means "North-East" in German) is a Russian musical theatre production that was composed by Aleksei Ivaschenko and Georgii Vasilyev, based on the novel The Two Captains by Veniamin Kaverin. It is a fictional story based around the historical events surrounding the discovery of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in 1913.
Nord-Ubangi Province Nord-Ubangi Province is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo provided for by the Constitution of May 2005. It is located at the center of the country on the Ubangi River, and its territory forms part of the current Équateur Province
Nord-Vest (development region) Nord-Vest (North West) is a development region in Romania, created in 1998. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main function being to co-ordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the European Union.
Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second largest island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with an area of 14,443 km². As its name suggests, it lies north east of Spitzbergen.
Nordborg Nordborg (German:Norburg), is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the northwest half of the island of Als off the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 125 km², and has a total population of 13,956 (2005).
Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) [North German Broadcasting] is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German Länder (states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Norddjurs municipality As of January 1, 2007 Norddjurs municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), come into existence as a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. It will consist of the (what are currently existing, but on January 1 2007) former municipalities of Grenå, Nørre Djurs and Rougsø, along with the eastern part of Sønderhald municipality.
Nordea Nordea is a financial services group operating in Northern Europe, based in Stockholm. It is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian banks of Nordbanken, Merita Bank, Unibank and Kreditkassen (Christiania Bank) that took place between 1997 and 2000.
Nordea Nordic Light Open The Nordea Nordic Light Open is a tennis tournament held in Stockholm, Sweden (in 2002 and 2003 the tournament was played in Helsinki, Finland on clay courts). Held since 2002, this WTA Tour event is a Tier IV-tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts.
Nordegg, Alberta Nordegg is a hamlet in the mountains of Clearwater County, west-central Alberta, Canada. It is located in the North Saskatchewan River valley in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, at the crossroad of David Thompson Highway and the 734 spur of the Bighorn Highway.
Norden bombsight The Norden bombsight was a bombsight used by the United States Army Air Force during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War to aid the pilot of bomber aircraft in dropping bombs accurately. Its existence was a closely guarded secret of World War II.
Norden railway station Norden railway station is the northern-most station on Swanage Railway from Norden to Swanage. At Norden, there is a Park and Ride facility for the beautiful village of Corfe Castle and the popular seaside destination of Swanage.
Nordend (Frankfurt am Main) The Nordend is a district of the German city of Frankfurt am Main. While it officially consists of the two administrative districts (Stadtteile) Nordend-Ost and Nordend-West, the "Nordend" is normally seen as one unit by the locals who live here.
Nordenskiöld Archipelago Nordenskiöld Archipelago () is a group of islands in the southeastern part of the Kara Sea (close to Taimyr Peninsula, Russia), stretching 93 km from west to east. The archipelago consists of 90 islands, which form several groups: Vilkitsky Islands (острова Вилькицкого), Tsivolko Islands (острова Циволько), Pakhtusov Islands (острова Пахтусова), Litke Islands (острова Литке), and Eastern Islands (Восточные острова).
Nordenskjold Coast Nordenskjold Coast () is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Longing and Cape Fairweather. The name was proposed in 1909 by Edwin Swift Balch, for Otto Nordenskiöld, Swedish geographer and leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, who explored this coast in 1902.
Nordenskjold Glacier Nordenskjold Glacier () is a large glacier flowing north to the head of Cumberland East Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named for Otto Nordenskiöld, leader of the expedition.
Nordenskjold Peak Nordenskjold Peak () is a conspicuous, partly snow-covered mountain, 2,355 m, which rises at the head of Nordenskjold Glacier and stands close east of Mount Roots in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. The name derives from nearby Nordenskjold Glacier (itself named after Swedish explorer Otto Nordenskiöld), and was given by David Ferguson, Scottish geologist who visited South Georgia in 1911-12.
Nordenstadt Nordenstadt is one of Wiesbaden's eastern suburbs, and was incorporated into the city of Wiesbaden on 1 January, 1977. Its population is approximately 8,500 and it hosted the first corporate headquarter of Daewoo Germany in the early 1990s.
Norderstedt Norderstedt is a city in Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg), the fifth largest city (with approximately 75.000 inhabitants) in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, belonging to the district (Kreis) Segeberg.
Nordeste (Socio-Geographic Division) Nordeste (A Região geoeconômica do Nordeste The Socio-Geographic Division of the Northeast) is the oldest populated and currently the second most populous area of Brazil (42,822,100 in 1990). It's area is approximately 1,542,271 km², made up of the official region of the Northeast Region, minus the western half of Maranhão, but including the north of Minas Gerais - the Jequitinhonha Valley.
Nordfjord Nordfjord is a fjord and a traditional district in the county of Sogn og Fjordane in Western Norway. The district comprises the municipalities of Selje, Vågsøy, Bremanger, Eid, Gloppen, Hornindal, and Stryn.
Nordfjordeid The small village of Nordfjordeid is the administrative capital of the municipality of Eid, in Sogn og Fjordane county, western Norway. It is located close to Eidsfjord, an arm of Nordfjord, below Hornindalsvatnet lake, at 61°56' N, 6° 21' E.
Nordfriesland Nordfriesland (literally "North Frisia") is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia along with adjacent areas to the east and south and is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Schleswig-Flensburg and Dithmarschen, the North Sea and the Danish county of South Jutland.
Nordfyn municipality As of January 1, 2007 Nordfyn municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), come into existence as a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. It will consist of the current municipalities of Bogense, Otterup and Søndersø.
Nordharz Nordharz ("north Harz") is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Wernigerode, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated north of the Harz, and north of Wernigerode.
Nordhausen Nordhausen is a cityNordhausen is sometimes used to refer to the WW II concentration camp of Mittelbau-Dora in which approximately 20,000 prisoners lost their lives in an 18-month period. The camp, which included the Mittelwerk underground city in the Kohnstein mountain, the production site of V-2 rockets, was located about 3 km northwest of the Nordhausen and now hosts a memorial site.

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