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Nordhausen (district) Nordhausen is a Kreis (district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Wernigerode, Quedlinburg and Sangerhausen in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Kyffhäuserkreis, Eichsfeld in Thuringia and the district Osterode in Lower Saxony.
Nordhordland Nordhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, consisting of the northern portion of the county of Hordaland. It includes the municipalities Austrheim, Fedje, Lindås, Masfjorden, Meland, Modalen and Radøy.
Nordhordland Bridge Nordhordland Bridge (Nordhordlandsbrua) is a bridge that crosses Osterfjorden from the mainland to Flatøy in Hordaland county in Norway. The bridge connects the northern parts of Hordaland (Nordhordland) to the city of Bergen.
Nordic Africa Institute Nordic Africa Institute (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) serves as a research, documentation and information centre on modern Africa for the Nordic countries. The Institute also encourages research and studies on Africa.
Nordic Battlegroup The Nordic battlegroup (NBG) is one of many European Union Battlegroups. It consists of 2400 soldiers including officers with manpower contributed from the participating countries (Sweden: 2000, Finland: 200, Estonia: 50 and Norway: 150).
Nordic Bronze Age The Nordic Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age) is the name given by Oscar Montelius to a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian pre-history, ca 1800 BC - 600 BC, with sites that reached as far east as Estonia
Nordic countries The Nordic countries, sometimes also the Nordic region, comprise a region in Northern Europe consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories (in particular, Greenland). In English usage, Scandinavia is sometimes used in an extended sense that is synonymous with the Nordic countries.
Nordic Centre in India The Nordic Centre in India (NCI) was established in April 2001 at the University of Oslo as a consortium effort by 14 academic institutions in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to support and organize study in India, together with the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. It is based in Uppsala University Sweden with another office in Delhi.
Nordic Council The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers is a cooperation forum for the parliaments and governments of the Nordic countries. It was established following World War II and its first concrete result was the introduction in 1952 of a common labour market, social security, and free movement across borders without passports for the countries' citizens.
Nordic Cross Flag Nordic Cross Flag, Nordic Cross, Scandinavian Cross is a pattern of flags usually associated with the flags of the Scandinavian countries of which it originated. All the Nordic countries have adopted such flags.
Nordic Embassies Berlin The Nordic Embassies Berlin are the diplomatic missions of the Nordic countries to Germany, located in a common building complex, the Pan Nordic Building, in Berlin, designed by the architects Alfred Berger and Tiina Parkkinen and completed in 1999.
Nordic Fest Nordic Fest is a weekend festival held annually in Decorah, Iowa, to commemorate the traditional customs and culture of Scandinavian countries, especially Norway. The event always occurs over the last weekend in July and often draws estimated crowds of 50,000.
Nordic Folkboat The Nordic Folkboat is a clinker-built wooden sloop and it's design was the result of a competition held by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union in 1942. There was no outright winner declared, but rather the best features of all shortlisted entrants brought together by professional designer Tord Sundén to create a craft that has endured for more than 60 years.
Nordic gold Nordic gold is the alloy from which the middle three denominations of euro coins, 50 cent, 20 cent, and 10 cent coins are made. It has also been in use for a number of years in other countries, most notably in the Swedish 10-crown coin.
Nordic Games The Nordic Games was the first international multi-sport event that focused primarily on winter sports, and was held at varying intervals between 1901 and 1926. It was organized by Sweden’s Central Association for the Promotion of Sports, and more specifically by Viktor Balck, a member of that association and one of the five original members of the International Olympic Committee.
Nordic Challenge Cup Nordic Challenge Cup (NCC) was the predecessor of the popular and long-running sports car racing series Interserie, which is known as the "European CanAm" and still exists today. NCC consisted of only three races in 1969 and was replaced by Interserie in 1970.
Nordic Championships The Nordic Championships are an annual invitational elite figure skating competition, open only to skaters from Nordic countries. Skaters compete in four disciplines: ladies singles, men's singles, pairs, and ice dancing.
Nordic Industrial Fund The Nordic Industrial Fund (original name: Nordisk industrifond) is a fund initiated to promote research, innovation and education within the industry of the Nordic Countries. It was administered by the Nordic Council of Ministers, and established on 20 February 1973 It had two divisions: Bio- & Chemistry Division and Materials Technology & Standardization Division.
Nordic Investment Bank The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is an investment bank and multilateral development bank owned by eight nordic and northern european countries. The owners are Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
Nordic mathematical competition The Nordic Mathematical Competition (NMC; also known as the Nordic Mathematical Contest) has been organized yearly since 1987, after in the International Mathematical Olympiad of 1986 the leaders of the five Nordic teams agreed that their students need experience at a level more difficult than that of their national competitions. The responsibility for organizing the NMC rotates among the participating countries.
Nordic music Nordic music includes a diverse array of popular, folk and classical styles found in a number of Northern European, especially Scandinavian, countries. The Nordic countries are generally taken to include Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark.
Nordic Mobile Telephone NMT (Nordisk MobilTelefoni or Nordiska MobilTelefoni-gruppen, Nordic Mobile Telephone in English) is the first fully-automatic cellular phone system. It was specified by Nordic telecommunications administrations (PTTs) starting in 1970, and opened for service in 1981 as a response to the increasing congestion and heavy requirements of the manual mobile phone networks: ARP (150 MHz) in Finland and MTD (450 MHz) in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum (in Swedish Nordiska museet), Stockholm, is dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the Early Modern age (which for purposes of Swedish history is said to begin in 1520) until the contemporary period. The museum was founded in the late 19th century by Artur Hazelius, who also founded the open-air museum Skansen, for long part of the museum, until the institutions were made independent of each other in 1963.
Nordic Music Award The debut of the Nordic Music Awards were held recently in Oslo, Norway, and Miami/Nashville-based rental company Audio One was the live audio supplier for the event. The annual show, which was held in Oslo Spektrum and broadcast live on Scandinavian television, featured top international artists such as Robbie Williams, Tina Turner, Kylie Minogue, Westlife and Brian McFadden.
Nordic national party The Nordic Reich Party () is a Neo-Nazi political party in Sweden, founded in 1956 as Sveriges Nationalsocialistiska Kampförbund by Göran Assar Oredsson. Oredsson was the also the party leader except for a few years during the 1970s when he wrote his autobiography Prisat vare allt som gjort mig hårdare ("Blessed be everything that has made me harder").
Nordic Optical Telescope The Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) is an astronomical telescope located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. First light came in 1988, with regular observing beginning in 1989.
Nordic Passport Union The Nordic Passport Union, created in 1954, and implemented on 1958-05-01, allows citizens of the Nordic countries (Denmark (Faroe Islands included since 1966-01-01, Greenland not included), Sweden, Norway (Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Bouvet Island and Queen Maud's Land not included), Finland and Iceland (since 1965-09-24)) to cross approved border districts without carrying and having their passport checked. Other citizens can also travel between the Nordic countries' borders without having their passport checked, but still have to carry a passport or another kind of approved travel identification papers.
Nordic skiing Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski. This includes a wide range of ski equipment and techniques such as classic and skate cross country skiing, ski jumping and telemark skiing.
Nordic skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics At the 1988 Winter Olympics, thirteen Nordic skiing events were contested – eight cross-country skiing events, three ski jumping events, and two nordic combined events. The team competitions in ski jumping and Nordic combined were new events for these Games.
Nordic skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics At the 1994 Winter Olympics, fifteen Nordic skiing events were contested – ten cross-country skiing events, three ski jumping events, and two nordic combined events. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games two years earlier.
Nordic Summer University The Nordic Summer University (NSU) is a research network with a long tradition in the Nordic intellectual arena. For more than 50 years NSU has been known to develop academic and intellectual debates that has involved several leading intellectuals, politicians, and scholars of the Nordic countries (e.
Nordic Tournament The Nordic Tournament is an annual ski jump tournament, that's a part of the FIS Ski Jump World Cup. The tournament started in 1997, as a counterpart to the widely successful Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria.
Nordic Watercolour Museum The Nordic Watercolour Museum in Skärhamn on the island Tjörn on the west coast of Sweden, 70 kilometers north of Gothenburg, opened in 2000. It's a unique combination of museum, artist workshop and research facility.
NordingrĂĄ Court District NordingrĂĄ Court District, or NordingrĂĄ 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.
Nordish race Nordish race is a term coined by white nationalist Richard McCulloch referring to a theoretical sub-category Caucasoid subspecies. McCulloch rejects Caucasoid as a race, because it is so expansive in its scope that it is meaningless.
Nordische Filmtage The Nordische Filmtage LĂĽbeck or Nordic Film Days LĂĽbeck is a film festival for movies from the Nordic countries held annually in LĂĽbeck, Germany, since 1956 on the first weekend in November. It is the only festival in Germany, and the only one in Europe apart from the event later founded in Rouen, France, which is entirely devoted to the presentation of films from the North and Northeast of Europe.
Nordisk Film Nordisk Film (English: Nordic Movies) was established in Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1906 by Ole Olsen under the name "Ole Olsen's Film Factory". As Nordisk Film, it became a publicly traded company in 1911.
Nordiska Kompaniet Nordiska Kompaniet (colloquially NK, and literally The Nordic Company) is the name of two department stores located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, in Sweden. The company was founded in Stockholm 1902 by Josef Sachs (1872-1949), who wanted to establish a department store that would offer the same level of service as the stores in Paris or London.
Nordkalottruta Nordkalottruta (Finnish language Kalottireitti) is a marked trail with a total length of 800 km which lies along the border of Norway, Sweden and Finland. It begins in Sulitjelma (a mining community in Northern Norway) and of the 800 km, 380 km of the trail lies in Norway, 350 km in Sweden and 70 km in Finland.
Nordkehdingen Nordkehdingen is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") on the left bank of the Elbe, north west of Hamburg (Germany). Nordkehdingen has a population of circa 8,000 and belongs to the district of Stade, Lower Saxony.
Nordkirchen Nordkirchen is a town with 10286 inhabitants in the district of Coesfeld in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nordkirchen's most famous site is the castle Nordkirchen, built in the 17th century for a local bishop and known as the Versailles of Westphalia.
Nordland Nordland is a county in Norway, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west. The county administration is in Bodø.
Nordland I Nordland I is the eleventh full-length album by Bathory, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). It is characterized by an unapologetic return to the Viking metal of Bathory's middle period, and features songs written mainly about Viking warfare.
Nordmaling Court District Nordmaling Court District, or Nordmalings 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.
Nordmann Fir Nordmann Fir Abies nordmanniana is a fir native to the mountains south and east of the Black Sea, in Turkey, Georgia, Russian Caucasus and northern parts of Armenia. It occurs at altitudes of 900-2,200 m on mountains with a rainfall of over 1,000 mm.
Nordmøre Nordmøre ("North-Møre") is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. It comprises the municipalities of Kristiansund, Averøy, Frei, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Rindal, Aure, Halsa, Eide, Sunndal, Gjemnes and Smøla.
Nordoff robbins The Nordoff-Robbins approach to music therapy developed from the pioneering work of Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins in the 1950/60s. It is grounded in the belief that everyone can respond to music,no matter how ill or disabled.
Nordonia Hills City School District, Summit County, Ohio Nordonia Hills City School District is a school district that serves Northfield Village, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, Macedonia, and portions of Boston Heights in northern Summit County, Ohio. The football team of Nordonia is the Nordonia Knights.
Nordostrundingen Nordostrundingen (corrupted from Danish: Nordøstrundingen), is a headland on Greenland and the easternmost point in North America. At 12°08'W it is the most easterly point of land in North America, as well as the most easterly point of land in both the Americas (North and South America).
Nordpolitik Nordpolitik was the signature foreign policy of South Korean president Roh Tae-woo. Named in 1983 by then-Foreign Minister Lee Bum-suk but not formally announced until the run-up to the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the policy guided South Korean efforts to reach out to the traditional allies of North Korea, with the ultimate goal of normalized relations with the People's Republic of China and Soviet Union, both to improve the South's economy and to leave the North so isolated that it would have no choice but to open itself up and reduce military tensions.
Nordschwarzwaldturm Nordschwarzwaldturm (Tower of Northern Black Forest) is the name of a 148 metre free standing steel framework tower near Schoemberg-Langenbrand at in the Black Forest. The Nordschwarzwaldturm was built in 1974 and is used for directional radio services, FM- and TV-transmissions.
Nordsjællands Veterantog Nordsjællands Veterantog (NSJV) was founded as Helsingør Jernbaneklub in 1958 as a model railway club in Helsingør, Denmark. The club had its ups and downs in the early years, but the big turning point was when it was decided to try and work with scale 1:1.
Nordstad Nordstad is a development area in north-central Luxembourg, and a colloquial term to refer to the combined urban areas in the region. The name is Luxembourgish for 'northern city', but it remains the title, both formal and informal, of the region in any language.
Nordström's theory of gravitation In theoretical physics, Nordström's theory of gravitation was a predecessor of general relativity. Strictly speaking, there were actually two distinct theories proposed by the Finnish theoretical physicist Gunnar Nordström, in 1912 and 1913 respectively.
Nordsund Bridge, Kristiansund Nordsund Bridge (Nordsundbrua) is a bridge that crosses Nordsundet between the islands Nordlandet and Gomalandet in the town of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. The bridge is 333 metres long, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 28 metres.
Nordtrafikk Nordtrafikk is a Norwegian bus, ferry, truck and ambulance operator owned by Veolia Transport Norway. The company operates bus routes in Harstad (including the airport bus to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes), Lofoten, Salten, Trysil and VesterĂĄlen, ferry transport in Lofoten and VesterĂĄlen in addition to ambulance services for Helse Nord.
Nordtvedt effect In theoretical astrophysics, the Nordtvedt effect refers to the relative motion between the Earth and the Moon which would be observed if the gravitational self-energy of a body contributed to its gravitational mass but not its inertial mass. If observed, the Nordtvedt effect would violate the strong equivalence principle, which shows that an object's movement in a gravitational field does not depend on its mass or composition.
NorduGrid NorduGrid is a Grid Research and Development collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the free Grid middleware, known as the Advanced Resource Connector (ARC). The collaboration was established by five Nordic academic institutes and is based upon a Memorandum of Understanding.
Nordvorpommern Nordvorpommern ("North Western Pomerania") is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated at the coast of the Baltic Sea, where it encloses the city of Stralsund.
Nordwestblock The name Nordwestblock is applied by historians to a group of Europeans whose homeland was in the Netherlands, Belgium, the northern part of France and the western part of present-day Germany until approx. the 1st century, but who were not originally Germanic tribes.
Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (Northwest German Broadcasting - NWDR) was the public broadcaster for the German Länder of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1954, it was also responsible for broadcasting in West Berlin.
Nordwestmecklenburg Nordwestmecklenburg (Northwestern Mecklenburg) is a Kreis (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and border on Schleswig-Holstein.
Nore Command The Nore Command was a major operational command of the Royal Navy for several hundred years until it was disbanded in the 1960s. At its height it was commanded by an officer of the rank of Admiral and was one of the most important commands for the defence of the United Kingdom.
Noreen Branson Noreen Branson (May 16 1910 – October 25 2003 ) was a communist activist, and historian of the Communist Party of Great Britain. She worked for the Labour Research Department from 1938, until her death, editing its magazine for 28 years.
Norefjell Norefjell is a Norwegian alpine ski resort, located in the municipality Krødsherad, about one and a half hours drive north of Oslo. Norefjell was host to the downhill and giant slalom competitions of the 1952 Olympic Winter Games.
Norelco Norelco is the American brand name for electric shavers and other personal care products made by the Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care (DAP) unit of Philips. Outside the USA, Philips used the Philishave trademark until 2006 when Philips dropped the Philishave name in favour of the Philips brand name.
Noren Noren (ćš–ç°ľ) are traditional Japanese fabric dividers, hung between rooms, on walls, in doorways, or in windows. They usually have one ore more vertical slits cut from the bottom to nearly the top of the fabric, allowing for easier passage or viewing.
Norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor Norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (NRIs), also known as noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (NARIs), are compounds that elevate the extracellular level of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine in the central nervous system by inhibiting its reuptake from the synaptic cleft into the presynaptic neuronal terminal. The drugs inhibit the class of neurotransmitter transporters known as norepinephrine transporters.
Norepinephrine transporter The noradrenaline transporter or NAT is a monoamine transporter that transports the neurotransmitter noradrenaline from the synapse back to its vesicles for storage until later use. It also appears to transport the neurotransmitter dopamine in the same way, but to a lesser degree.
Norfolk (sloop) The 25-ton sloop Norfolk, built in 1798, was the only ship built on Norfolk Island during its first period as a convict settlement. The tall Norfolk Pine trees had attracted interest by the Royal Navy in the 1770s and the island was originally settled in part to supply timber for masts and spars.
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is a National Health Service teaching hospital situated along the B1108 on the southwestern outskirts of Norwich, Norfolk. Opened in late 2001, it has 987 acute beds and offers a wide range of acute health services and a private patient unit.
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line The Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line (AAR reporting mark NPBL) is a belt line railroad that has been operating in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, Virginia, since 1898. The NPBL is owned fifty-seven percent by Norfolk Southern Railway and forty-three percent by CSX Transportation.
Norfolk and Western 611 Norfolk and Western 611 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Norfolk and Western Railway's East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, in May of 1950 for the Norfolk and Western Railway. 611 is one of a class of 14 "J"s built by the Roanoke shops.
Norfolk and Western Railway The Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) , a US class I railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence.
Norfolk Board of Education The Norfolk Board of Education is the former name of the Norfolk County division of the Grand Erie District School Board in Ontario, Canada. The old school board building is located between Simcoe and Bill's Corners on Hillcrest Road South.
Norfolk Co-Operative The Norfolk Co-Operative is the former name of Norfolk FS, an agricultural supply company in Norfolk County, Ontario. Since 1918, it has relied on bagged feed truck drivers and truck drivers bringing dangerous chemical goods to deliver to the farmers of the community.
Norfolk County Cricket Club Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Norfolk and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
Norfolk County municipal election, 2000 The 2000 municipal election in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada was the first one as a single-tier municipality. Rita Kalmbach defeated the former Simcoe mayor Rick Kolwasky and another rival candidate by the name of Dennis Travale by ensuring the tobacco farmers a future in Norfolk County.
Norfolk County municipal election, 2003 The 2003 municipal election in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada challenged the tobacco status quo of the municipality. Rita Kalmbach defeated 21-year-old political neophyte Brian Decker by over 50% of the popular votes in order to maintain the uncertain future of the tobacco industry in Norfolk County.
Norfolk dialect The Norfolk dialect, also known as Broad Norfolk, is a dialect that was once spoken by those living in the county of Norfolk in England. Much of the distinctive vocabulary of Broad Norfolk has now died out and only the older generations use the fullest amount, so the speech of most of Norfolk is now more an accent than a dialect.
Norfolk General Hospital (Ontario, Canada) The Norfolk General Hospital is a general hospital in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada that is considered to be the "Medical Magnetic North" of Norfolk County. Thanks to universal health care, hospital care is free and affordable for everyone.
Norfolk Hawker The Norfolk Hawker Aeshna isosceles while not uncommon in Europe, is an extremely rare dragonfly, in Britain. It has a yellow triangular mark on the second abdominal segment which gave rise to its scientific name.
Norfolk House Norfolk House, at 31 St James’s Square, London, was built in 1722 for the Duke of Norfolk. It was a royal residence for a short time only, when Frederick, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales, father of King George III, lived there 1737-1741, after his marriage in 1736 to Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.
Norfolk Island National Park Norfolk Island National Park is a 650 ha protected area comprising two sections, the 460 ha Mt Pitt section on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean, with 190 ha on neighbouring Phillip Island. The Norfolk Island group is an Australian territory and the park is managed by Parks Australia
Norfolk jacket A Norfolk jacket is a loose, belted, single-breasted jacket with box pleats on the back (and sometimes front), now with a belt or half-belt. The style was long popular for boys' jackets and suits, and is still used in some (primarily military and police) uniforms.
Norfolk Legislative Assembly The Norfolk Legislative Assembly is the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island. Formed after The Norfolk Island Act (1979) was passed in the Australian parliament, its first members were elected on the tenth of August, 1979 The current assembly is the 11th, and was elected on the 20th of October, 2004 [http://www.
Norfolk Scope The Norfolk Scope is a 12,600-seat multipurpose arena located on the edge of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The Norfolk Scope was designed by renowned Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi and constructed in 1971 at a cost of $28.
Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern , is a major Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, Canada.
Norfolk Southern Tennessee River Bridge (Decatur) The Norfolk Southern Railroad operates a lift bridge over the Tennessee River at Decatur in the north central Alabama in the United States. While it is owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern, the majority of the traffic over the bridge is from the CSX Railroad.
Norfolk Stakes (United States) The Norfolk Stakes is a Graded stakes race Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park in California during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet each year. First run in 1970, it was formerly a Grade I race but eventually became a Grade II event near the nend of the 1990s.
Norfolk Starling The Norfolk Starling (Aplonis fusca, formerly Aplonis fuscus) was described in 1836 by John Gould as Tasman Starling which occurred on Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. However, Australian ornithologist Gregory Macalister Mathews recognized in 1928 that the plumage of the race from Lord Howe Island was much browner and more greyish than the plumage of the Norfolk Island race and so he splitted Aplonis fuscus into the nominate race Aplonis fusca fusca (Norfolk Starling) and the subspecies Aplonis fusca hulliana (Lord Howe Starling).
Norfolk Terrier The Norfolk Terrier is the smallest of the working Terriers. Prior to 1960, when it gained recognition as an independent breed, it was a variety of the Norwich Terrier, distinguished from the Norwich by its "drop", or folded ears.
Norfolk Tides The Norfolk Tides are a Norfolk, Virginia, minor league baseball team, the AAA farm team for the Baltimore Orioles in the International League. The team was a longtime affiliate of the New York Mets from 1969 to 2006.
Norfolk-Portsmouth Bridge-Tunnel The Norfolk-Portsmouth Bridge-Tunnel was a project to connect downtown Norfolk, Virginia, United States with downtown Portsmouth via a bridge over the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River and a tunnel under the Southern Branch. It is now more commonly known as its two parts:
Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway The Norfolk, Franklin & Danville at one time operated 250 miles of track between Norfolk, Virginia and Danville, Virginia. There was also a 50 mile branch from near Emporia to Claremont on the James River plus several shorter branches.
Norfolk—Beautiful Plains Norfolk—Beautiful Plains is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It was created for the 1949 provincial election by a merger of the Norfolk and Beautiful Plains constituencies, and eliminated with the 1958 provincial election.
Norfuk language Norfuk (increasingly spelled Norfolk) is the language spoken on Norfolk Island by the local residents. It is a blend of English of the 1700s and Tahitian originally introduced by settlers from the Pitcairn Islands who spoke Pitkern.
Norge (airship) The Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out what many consider the first verified overflight of the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America.
Norges Speiderforbund Norges Speiderforbund (NSF, Norwegian Scout and Guide Association) is a Norwegian Scouting and Guiding association founded in its present form in 1978, when the Norwegian Boy Scout Organization (founded in 1911 and among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922) and the Norwegian Girl Guide Organization (founded in 1921 and an early member of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) merged.
Norges televisjon Norges televisjon (NTV) (Dano-Norwegian) / Noregs televisjon (New-Norwegian) (literal English translation: "Norway's television") received the official licence to build and maintain the digital TV network in Norway, at 2. June 2006.

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