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Narda Narda is a successful Pinoy rock band, widely seen as one of the visible acts of today's Philippine indie rock scene. A combination of lead singer Katwo Librando's mesmerizing display of feisty femininity and replete with fierce get-up-and-dance punk energy laced with sugar-sweet hooks and squelchy electro-sounds has led to the band having a cult following all over the contemporary indie hipster scene.
Nardi test The Nardi test, also known as the morphine-neostigmine provocation test is a test for dysfunction of the sphincter of Oddi, a valve which divides the biliary tract from the duodenum. Two medications, morphine and neostigmine, are given to people with symptoms concerning for sphincter dysfunction, including sharp right-sided abdominal pain.
Nardwuar the Human Serviette Nardwuar the Human Serviette (born John Ruskin, July 5, 1968) is a Canadian celebrity interviewer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He legally changed his name in 1986, and argues that "no one refers to Iggy Pop as 'James Osterberg'".
Naremburn, New South Wales Naremburn is a neighbourhood in the Willoughby local government area, on the lower North Shore, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The areas is generally affluent, as with many of the suburbs located north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Naren Chitty Professor Naren Chitty, MA in International Communication, PhD in International Relations (American University) is Foundation Chair in International Communication, Head of the Department of International Communication at Macquarie University, Deputy Dean of the Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy and a former Head of the Media Department.
Naren Shankar Naren Shankar is a writer, producer and director of several television series. As a writer Shankar has contributed with works for Farscape, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Night Visions, The Chronicle, seaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Narendra Arjun Narendra Singh Arjun (1935 - 13 January 2006) was a Fijian lawyer and politician of Indian descent. In the course of his career, he served as President of the Fiji Law Society and as a member of the Sugar Industry Tribunal.
Narendra Deva Acharya Narendra Deva (1889-1956) was one of the leading theorists of the Congress Socialist Party in India. His democratic socialism renounced violent means as a matter of principle, and embraced the satyagraha as a revolutionary tactic.
Narendra III In the fictional Star Trek storyline, Narendra III is a Klingon outpost planet that was attacked by a squadron of Romulan warbirds in the year 2344. It was due mainly to the efforts of the Enterprise-C that the colony survived the attack.
Narendra Kohli Narendra Kohli (born January 6, 1940, Sialkot) is the most prominent Hindi language author of modern times. Leader of cultural renissance in hindi literature in modern times, his legendary works include all time greats like "Abhyudaya", "Mahasamar" and "Todo, Kara Todo".
Narendra Modi Narendra DÄmodardÄs ModÄ« (GujarÄtÄ«: નરેંદ્ર દામોદરદાસ મોદી, born September 17, 1950) has been the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat since October 7, 2001.
Naresh Naresh is an Indian word which came from Sanskrit, which is popularly used among Hindus. Nar in Sanskrit means People and esh means Raja ( King ) so NARESH means King of People ,synonyms of Naresh are King , Monarch , Raja , Mahipal , Prince ( sometime used for the son of King)
Naresh (City) Naresh was a city in Babylonia, situated near Sura on a canal. It may be identical with the city of Nahras or Nahar Sar on the Tigris, and is mentioned together with Maḥuza, Safonia, and Pumbedita, although it must not be inferred that these cities were near one another.
Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer is a playback singer in Tamil and Hindi Film Industry. He has had a number of hit songs in films like Anbe Aaruyire"Mayilirage", Varalaru"Innisai Alapedayae", Sillunu Oru Kaadhal"Munbe vaa" in Tamil with its counter flick in Telugu,"Kaadhal suduthey" from "Saravana" and Rang De Basanti in Hindi.
Naresuan King Naresuan the Great (1555 - April 25 1605 also sometimes called Naret or the Black Prince, ) was king of Siam (today Thailand) from 1590 until his death in 1605. During his reign, Siam had the biggest territorial extent in history.
Naresuan University Naresuan University is a government sponsored university in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand. It was established as a separate university on July 29 1990, which was the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the reign of Phitsanulok born King Naresuan the Great.
Narew Narew (Old Prussian and , ) is a river in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula river. With a length of 484 kilometres (36 in Belarus and 448 in Poland) it is the fifth longest Polish river.
Narfell Narfell is a country in the eastern part of the fictional continent of Faerûn, in the Forgotten Realms setting. It lies in the Cold Lands region but was once the heart of a vast empire that stretched from the Giantspire Mountains to Lake Ashane and included the Great Dale, much of Thesk, part of the Plateau of Thay, what would become Impiltur, and other lands.
Narganá Narganá or Yandup in the Kuna Language is one of the islands belonging to the Kuna Yala, an autonomous territory or comarca in Panama. The culture in Nargana is influenced heavily by Panama and most people there are bilingual speaking both Spanish and the Kuna language.
Nargaroth (band) Nargaroth is a German black metal solo project. Although Nargaroth is a one man band, René "Kanwulf" Wagner is supported by session musicians such as Akhenaten of black metal band "Judas Iscariot" (both are supposed to be the members of black metal band "Torrent"), Occulta Mors of "Moonblood" and one man band "Nachtfalke" as well as "Seeds of Hate" drummer L'hiver (also known as Winterblut).
Narges Narges is the name of a popular Iranian TV program .This was supposed to be the first 90-episode Drama on Islamic Republic of Iran's TV with such a story line, but further on the series finished in 69 episodes which was still the longest series in its kind broadcast so far.
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration is a National Film Award, given to a feature film production, the jury of the National Film Awards feel has best dealt with themes relating to National Integration in India.
Naria Naria is a fictional character who appears in the Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers (鎧伝サă ă©ă‚¤ăă«ăĽă‘ăĽ) (Ronin Warriors) anime OVA, KikĂ´tei Densetsu (The Legend of the Inferno Armor). She is Mukara's fiancĂ© and a priestess of her African tribe.
Narikala Narikala is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Kura river. The fortress consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between the sulphur baths and the botanical gardens of Tbilisi.
Nariman Behravesh Nariman Behravesh is a well known economist who has appeared frequently on TV on NBC, CNN and quoted by the Wall Street Journal. He also appears as an economic analyst in updated episodes of the educational series Economics U$A.
Nariman Narimanov Nariman Kerbalai Najaf oglu Narimanov (Azeri in full: Nəriman Kərbəlayi Nəcəf oğlu Nərimanov, Russian: Нариман Нариманов; April 2, 1870, Tbilisi - March 19, 1925, Moscow) was an Azerbaijani revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. In 1921, Narimanov headed the Soviet government of Azerbaijan, the Council of People's Commissars (May 1921 - 1922).
Narin ghaleh [in the background (in order to capture its full size), the ruins of Narin Ghal'eh are not even registered with Iran's Heritage Organization, and is currently used as a garbage dump for the locals.]The Narin Ghaleh (In Persian: نارین قلعه) or Narin Castle is a mud-brick fort or castle in the town of Nain, Iran.
Narina Trogon The Narina Trogon, Apaloderma narina is a medium-sized, up to 34cm long, green colored bird of Trogonidae family. The male has a vivid green upperparts plumage, greyish wing, bright red below and patches of blue skin on their face.
Naringenin Naringenin (not to be confused with naringin) is a flavanone that is considered to have a bioactive effect on human health as antioxidant, free radical scavenger, anti-inflammatory, carbohydrate metabolism promoter, and immunity system modulater. This substance has also been shown to repair DNA.
Narita Express , abbreviated as N'EX, is a train operated by East Japan Railway Company, serving Narita International Airport from various Greater Tokyo Area stations. Services are approximately half-hourly in the mornings and evenings, and hourly through the middle of the day.
Narita Line The Narita Line (ćç”°ç·š Narita-sen) is a name used by three railway lines located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The longest of the lines runs between the cities of Sakura, Narita and Choshi; the second-longest runs from Narita to Abiko and is often called the Abiko Line, and the shortest runs from Narita to Narita International Airport.
Narita Shinkansen The Narita Shinkansen (ćç”°ć–°ĺąąç·š) was a project to connect Narita International Airport to Tokyo Station with a high-speed Shinkansen ("bullet train" line). The project has been abandoned and will be replaced by the Narita Rapid Railway.
Nariva Swamp The Nariva Swamp is the largest freshwater wetland in Trinidad and Tobago and has been designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. The swamp is located on the east coast of Trinidad, immediately inland from the Manzanilla Bay and covers over 60 square kilometres (23 mi²).
Narkamauka Narkamawka () is derisive name for the reformed (see Belarusian grammar reform (1933)), currently normative Belarusian grammar (and sometimes for the «official» Belarusian language, too). Evolved from the modern Belarusian «narkam» («наркам»), abbreviated early Soviet name for the Ministry, «people's commissariat» («народны каміŃарыят»).
Narkas Narkas is a creationist Italian scientific and archaeological organisation dedicated to finding Noah's Ark and to support the biblical account of the origin of the world. It is a non-political and non-religious association.
Narkompros Narkompros (НаркомпроŃ) is an abbreviation for the People's Commissariat for Enlightening (Народный комиŃŃариат проŃвещения), the Soviet agency charged with the administration of public education and most of other issues related to culture. In 1946, it was renamed the Ministry of Enlightening.
Narmada Bachao Andolan Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) (Save Narmada Movement) is a non governmental organisation (NGO) that mobilised tribal people, adivasis, farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against the Sardar Sarovar Dam being built across the Narmada river, Gujarat, India. It originally focused on the environmental issues related to trees that would be submerged under the dam water.
Narmada River The Narmada (Gujarati: નર્મદા Sanskrit: नर्मदा) or Nerbudda is a river in central India in Indian subcontinent. It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India, and is a total of 1,289 km (801 mi) long.
Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests The Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion of central India. The ecoregion lies mostly in Madhya Pradesh state, but extends into portions of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh states.
Narmer Narmer was an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled in the 31st century BC. Thought to be the successor to the predynastic Scorpion, he is considered by some to be the founder of the First dynasty, and therefore the first king of all Egypt.
Narmer Palette The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find, dating from about 3200 BC, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found, and is thought to depict the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the pharaoh Narmer. Egyptologist Bob Brier has referred to the Narmer Palette as "the first historical document in the world": which is thought by some to tell the story of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Narmin Othman Narmin Othman (Arabic: نيرمين عثمان; Kurdish (Latin script): Nermîn Osman) is the Iraqi Minister for the Environment in the government of Nouri al-Maliki, a post she also held in the Iraqi Transitional Government. She was Minister of Women's Affairs in the Iraqi Interim Government and a Minister of Education in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region from 1992.
Narn Bat Squad The Narn Bat Squad is an internet meme used primarily on the internet and USENET in discussions within science fiction fandom to illustrate (and retaliate against) writers who make bad puns. The Squad, named after the Narn race on the television series Babylon 5, is a creation of Babylon 5 creator J.
Narngulu, Western Australia Narngulu (), originally a town 422 km north of Perth, it is now considered more a suburb of Geraldton that is 6 km to the north. In the 1890s the town was known as Mullewa Junction as it was where the Cue railway line met the Midland railway line.
Narobov Narobov is Slovenia's most prominent improvisational theatre group, stationed in Ljubljana, Slovenia, focusing both on comedy and drama, performing in Europe and North America. All Narobov actors used to be, or still are, involved with theatresports, their main focus being contemporary theatre and unorthodox theatre practices.
Narodna Odbrana Narodna Odbrana (literally, The People's Defense) was a Serbian nationalist group that was created around 1908 as a reaction to the Austria-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time, it was concerned with the protection of ethnic Serbs in Austria-Hungary.
Narodnaja Volya (newspaper) Narodnaja Volya (Belarusian, Russian: НароĚдная воĚля, translated as people's will) is an independent newspaper founded by Iosif Seredich and originally printed in Vilnius (Lithuania). Its circulation is 55,000.
Narodnaya Volya Narodnaya Volya (Народная Воля in Russian, known as People’s Will in English) was a Russian revolutionary organization in the early 1880s. It was formed in August 1879, after Land and Liberty (Zemlya i volya) had split in two: Narodnaya Volya and Cherniy Peredel (Black repartition).
Narodnoe Opolcheniye Narodnoe Opolcheniye (, lit. "people's militia") was the name of irregular armies, formed from among ordinary people in Russia and Soviet Union to fight alongside the regular army during several wars:
Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (National Rebirth of Poland) is a Far Right, nationalist ("national radical", "national revolutionist"), racist (antisemitic) marginal political party in Poland, a member of European National Front, and a co-founder of International Third Position.
Narodowe Siły Zbrojne Narodowe Siły Zbrojne (English National Armed Forces, NSZ) was a part of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, fighting Nazi German occupation in General Government. NSZ was created on September 20, 1942.
Naropa University Naropa University is a private, liberal arts university in Boulder, Colorado, which was founded in 1974 by Chögyam Trungpa. It is one of the few major accredited Buddhist-inspired universities in North America.
Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer was the first astronomical instrument to measure the diameters of a large number of stars at visible wavelengths. It was designed by (amongst others) Robert Hanbury Brown, who received the Hughes Medal in 1971 for this work.
Narrabri, New South Wales Narrabri is a town of about 8000 people and and the seat of Narrabri Shire Council Local Government Area in north-central New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Namoi River and lies 531 kilometres northwest of Sydney.
Narragansett Bay Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound, forming an expansive natural harbor as well as including a small archipelago. The three largest islands in the bay are Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island.
Narrandera, New South Wales Narrandera is a town and Local Government Area (see Narrandera Shire Council) in southern New South Wales, Australia. It is an important destination for travellers as it lays on the junction of the Newell and Sturt Highways and it is the gateway to the productive Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
Narrative A narrative is a story: an interpretation of some aspect of the world that is historically and culturally grounded and shaped by human personality (per Walter Fisher). Derived from the Latin word gnarus and the Proto-Indo-European root ghnu, "to know," it came into English via the French language and it is used in a number of specialized applications.
Narrative evaluation In education, narrative evaluation is a form of performance measurement and feedback which can be used as an alternative or supplement to grading. Narrative evaluations generally consist of several paragraphs of written text about a student's individual performance and course work.
Narrative hook A narrative hook (or hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that he will read on. The "opening" may consist of several paragraphs for a short story, or several pages for a novel, but ideally is the opening sentence.
Narrative link A narrative link is storytelling provided by a leader of a story dramatization to link playable moments. This is a useful technique to fast forward over unplayable moments, to make time pass quickly, or to gently guide the players if they are getting stuck for one reason or another.
Narrative logic In the broadest sense, narrative logic is any logical process of narrative analysis. Narrative logic is a tool through which the audience may create events and explanations or otherwise elucidate details not included in the narrative.
Narrative of Some Things of New Spain and of the Great City of Temestitan The Narrative of Some Things of New Spain and of the Great City of Temestitan is a historical document dating from the 16th century, one of the few surviving contemporary Spanish accounts from the period of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and central Mexico (1519—1521).
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period.
Narrative of the Life of James Allen The Narrative of the Life of James Allen, alias Jonas Pierce, alias James H. York, alias Burley Grove, the Highwayman, Being His Death-bed Confession to the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison is an autobiographical work by James Allen.
Narrative paradigm The Narrative Paradigm is a theory proposed by Walter Fisher that all meaningful communication is a form of storytelling or to give a report of events (see narrative) and so human beings experience and comprehend life as a series of ongoing narratives, each with their own conflicts, characters, beginnings, middles, and ends.
Narrative poetry Narrative poetry is poetry that tells a story. In its broadest sense, it includes epic poetry; some would reserve the name narrative poetry for works on a smaller scale and generally with more direct appeal to human interest than the epic.
Narrative theology Narrative theology was a 20th-century theological development which supported the idea that the Church's use of the Bible should focus on a narrative presentation of the faith, rather than on the exclusive development of a systematic theology. Also referred to as postliberal theology, narrative theology was inspired by a group of theologians at Yale Divinity School, many influenced theologically by Karl Barth, Thomas Aquinas and to some extent, the nouvelle theologie of French Catholics such as Henri de Lubac.
Narrative theory Narrative theory is based on the concept that people are essentially storytellers. Storytelling is one of the oldest and most universal forms of communication and so individuals approach their social world in a narrative mode and make decisions and act within this narrative framework (Fisher 1984).
Narrative therapy Narrative Therapy is a form of psychotherapy using narrative, with an approach to helping people that was developed during (and has evolved since) the 1970s and 1980s, in good part by Australian Michael White and his friend and colleague, David Epston, of New Zealand. Their approach became prevalent in North America with the 1990 publication of their book, Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends.
Narrative thread A narrative thread, or plot thread or sometimes, but more ambigously, a storyline refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than to relate a matter in a dry 'All knowing' sort of narration. Thus the narrative threads experienced by different but specific characters or sets of characters are those seen in the eyes of those characters that together form a plot element or subplot in the work of fiction.
Narrativity In film theory, narrativity refers to the processes by which a story is both presented by the filmmaker and interpreted by the viewer. The term must be distinguished from narrative, which refers to the story itself.
Narratology The term was coined in French, narratologie, by Tzvetan Todorov in his 1969 Grammaire du Décaméron (Prince Its objects of study are all kinds of narrated text]s - both [[fiction (literature, poetry, etc.) and non-fiction (historiography, academic publishing, etc.
Narrelle Harris Narrelle Harris (also credited as Narrelle M Harris) is a Melbourne-based writer. She is the author of "Fly By Night" (2004, Homosapien Books), "Witch Honor" (2006, Five Star Speculative Fiction) and its sequel, "Witch Faith" (due 2007, Five Star Speculative Fiction).
Narriman Sadek Mena Narriman Sadek (or Nariman Sadiq) (October 31 1933 – February 16 2005) was the daughter of Husain Fahmi Sadiq Bey, a high-ranking official in the Egyptian government, and his wife Asila Kamil; she was the second wife of King Farouk and the last Queen of Egypt.
Narrogin, Western Australia Narrogin (; post code: 6312; population 4,424 (2001)) is a large town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 190km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Wagin. In the age of steam engines, Narrogin was one of the largest railway operation hubs in the southern part of Western Australia.
Narros de Matalayegua Narros de Matalayegua is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 42 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 279 people.
Narrow bipolar pulse Narrow bipolar pulses are high-energy, high-altitude, intra-cloud electrical discharges associated with thunderstorms. NBP are similar to lightning, but produce an optical emission of at least an order of magnitude smaller.
Narrow Bantu languages In the classification of African languages, Narrow Bantu is a term commonly used to designate the branch of Niger-Congo containing the numerous Bantu languages as recognized by Guthrie (1948) in his seminal classification of the Bantu languages. The term 'Narrow Bantu' was coined by the Benue-Congo Working Group to distinguish the group from other Bantu-like languages not recognized as such by Guthrie (1948).
Narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia built a number of experimental narrow-gauge railway lines around the beginning of the 20th century. Although all were closed by the early 1960s, parts of two have been reopened as heritage railways.
Narrow gauge railways of Australia Prior to Australia becoming an independent unified country in 1901, each of the six British colonies in Australia were responsible for rail transport infrastructure. Of the six colonies, only three (Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania) opted for narrow gauge railways.
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja (Polish Venice) near Żnin (Poland) is an open air museum collecting and exhibiting steam locomotives, passenger and freight cars, trolleys, railwaymen's equipment, signaling marks, equipment of an old waiting room like old maps. The 600 mm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja is a department of Muzeum Ziemi Pałuckiej (the Żnin's Museum of Pałuki Land) and was established in 1972 at the suggestion of lovers of the Pałuki region, of which Żnin is considered its capital.
Narrow Water Castle Narrow Water Castle is a tower house near Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland, located on the County Down bank of the Clanrye River, which enters Carlingford Lough a mile to the south. Narrow Water Castle was given into state care in 1956 and is one of the finest 16th century buildings in Ireland.
Narrow-bandwidth television Narrow-bandwidth television (NBTV) is a type of television designed to fit into a low-bandwidth channel, in the extreme case using amateur radio voice frequency channels that only range up to a few kilohertz (though channels ranging into a few tens of kilohertz and beyond can also be used). This is in contrast to regular TV systems that use a channel about six megahertz wide.
Narrow-lined puffer The narrow-lined Puffer, Arothron manilensis, is a puffer of the family Tetraodontidae, found in the western Pacific, Borneo, the Philippines, and northwest Australia to Samoa, northward to the Ryūkyū Islands in Japan, southward to New South Wales in Australia and Tonga.
Narrowband modem In telecommunication, a narrowband modem is a modem whose modulated output signal has an essential frequency spectrum that is limited to that which can be wholly contained within, and faithfully transmitted through, a voice channel with a nominal 4 kHz bandwidth.
Narrowcast A narrowcast is the transmission of data to a specific list of recipients. Cable television is an example of narrowcasting since the cable TV signals are sent only to homes that have subscribed to the cable service.
Narrowcasting Narrowcasting has traditionally been understood as the dissemination of information (usually by radio or television) to a narrow audience, not to the general public. Some forms of narrowcasting involve directional signals or use of encryption.
Narrowfin smooth-hound The narrowfin smooth-hound, Mustelus norrisi, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical western Atlantic from Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela, and also southern Brazil, between latitudes 32° N and 36° S, from the surface to 100 m. Its length is up to 1.
Narrowmouthed catshark The narrowmouthed catshark, Schroederichthys bivius, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from central Chile around the Straits of Magellan to Argentina between latitudes 23° S and 56° S, at depths of between 15 and 80 m. Its length is up to 70 cm.
Narrowneck Plateau The Narrowneck Plateau is the eroded remnant of a sandstone layer 1000m above sea level situated immediately south of Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia in the Blue Mountains. Accessible by car over a short dirt road (Glenraphael Drive) from Katoomba, the Narrowneck is a popular walking, bikeriding and climbing location and offers several walking descent routes to the adjacent valleys.
Narrownose smooth-hound The narrownose smooth-hound, Mustelus schmitti, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical southwest Atlantic from southern Brazil to northern Argentina between latitudes 30° S and 44° S, at depths of from 60 to 195 m. Its length is up to 74 cm.
Narrows Bridge The Narrows Bridge is a bridge that connects the Mitchell Freeway and Kwinana Freeway in Perth, Western Australia. It runs over the Swan River at "The Narrows" between Mt Eliza and Mill Point, connecting the northern and southern suburbs of the city.
Narrows Dam Narrows Dam is a dam located 6 miles north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas and impounds the water of the Little Missouri River (Arkansas) to create Lake Greeson. Narrows Dam was arthorized as a flood control and hydroelectric power project by the Flood Control Act of 1941.
Narrowtail catshark The narrowtail catshark, Schroederichthys maculatus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found off Honduras and Nicaragua between latitudes 18° N - 10° N, at depths of between 190 and 410 m. Its length is up to 33 cm.
Narryer Gneiss Terrane The Narryer Gneiss Terrane is a geological complex in Western Australia that is composed of a tectonically interleaved and polydeformed mixture of granite, mafic intrusions and metasedimentary rocks in excess of 3.3 Ga, with the majority of the Narryer Gneiss Terrane in excess of 3.
Narsarmijit Narsarmijit, also sometimes spelled Narsamiit and also known as Narsaq Kujalleq or by its Danish name Frederiksdal, is Greenland's southernmost settlement (Approximate location: and is some 50 km from Kap Farvel, the southern tip of Greenland. Today's village dates from an 1824 Moravian mission that was named Frederiksdal to honor Danish King Fredrik VI.
Narsarsuaq Narsarsuaq (variously spelled, the name is Greenlandic for Great Plain) was the principal city of Greenland in the times of Erik the Red whose farm BrattahlĂð was nearby. That settlement died out by the end of the Middle Ages.
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies is a university in Mumbai, India which offers MBA, pharmacy and online programs. It was founded in 1981 by the Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal, a charity which has founded several other educational institutions in India.
Narses Narses (also sometimes written Nerses) (478-573) was with Belisarius, one of the great generals in the service of the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I during the so-called "Reconquest" that took place during Justinian's reign.
Narses (disambiguation) Narses or Nerses was the Hellenized form of the Parthian Nerseh, which appears to have been a fairly common name in the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East in late antiquity. The name derives from a minor Zoroastrian divinity, Nairyosangha, "he of manly utterance," a Hermes-like figure.
Nardi test The Nardi test, also known as the morphine-neostigmine provocation test is a test for dysfunction of the sphincter of Oddi, a valve which divides the biliary tract from the duodenum. Two medications, morphine and neostigmine, are given to people with symptoms concerning for sphincter dysfunction, including sharp right-sided abdominal pain.
Nardwuar the Human Serviette Nardwuar the Human Serviette (born John Ruskin, July 5, 1968) is a Canadian celebrity interviewer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He legally changed his name in 1986, and argues that "no one refers to Iggy Pop as 'James Osterberg'".
Naremburn, New South Wales Naremburn is a neighbourhood in the Willoughby local government area, on the lower North Shore, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The areas is generally affluent, as with many of the suburbs located north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Naren Chitty Professor Naren Chitty, MA in International Communication, PhD in International Relations (American University) is Foundation Chair in International Communication, Head of the Department of International Communication at Macquarie University, Deputy Dean of the Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy and a former Head of the Media Department.
Naren Shankar Naren Shankar is a writer, producer and director of several television series. As a writer Shankar has contributed with works for Farscape, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Night Visions, The Chronicle, seaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Narendra Arjun Narendra Singh Arjun (1935 - 13 January 2006) was a Fijian lawyer and politician of Indian descent. In the course of his career, he served as President of the Fiji Law Society and as a member of the Sugar Industry Tribunal.
Narendra Deva Acharya Narendra Deva (1889-1956) was one of the leading theorists of the Congress Socialist Party in India. His democratic socialism renounced violent means as a matter of principle, and embraced the satyagraha as a revolutionary tactic.
Narendra III In the fictional Star Trek storyline, Narendra III is a Klingon outpost planet that was attacked by a squadron of Romulan warbirds in the year 2344. It was due mainly to the efforts of the Enterprise-C that the colony survived the attack.
Narendra Kohli Narendra Kohli (born January 6, 1940, Sialkot) is the most prominent Hindi language author of modern times. Leader of cultural renissance in hindi literature in modern times, his legendary works include all time greats like "Abhyudaya", "Mahasamar" and "Todo, Kara Todo".
Narendra Modi Narendra DÄmodardÄs ModÄ« (GujarÄtÄ«: નરેંદ્ર દામોદરદાસ મોદી, born September 17, 1950) has been the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat since October 7, 2001.
Naresh Naresh is an Indian word which came from Sanskrit, which is popularly used among Hindus. Nar in Sanskrit means People and esh means Raja ( King ) so NARESH means King of People ,synonyms of Naresh are King , Monarch , Raja , Mahipal , Prince ( sometime used for the son of King)
Naresh (City) Naresh was a city in Babylonia, situated near Sura on a canal. It may be identical with the city of Nahras or Nahar Sar on the Tigris, and is mentioned together with Maḥuza, Safonia, and Pumbedita, although it must not be inferred that these cities were near one another.
Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer is a playback singer in Tamil and Hindi Film Industry. He has had a number of hit songs in films like Anbe Aaruyire"Mayilirage", Varalaru"Innisai Alapedayae", Sillunu Oru Kaadhal"Munbe vaa" in Tamil with its counter flick in Telugu,"Kaadhal suduthey" from "Saravana" and Rang De Basanti in Hindi.
Naresuan King Naresuan the Great (1555 - April 25 1605 also sometimes called Naret or the Black Prince, ) was king of Siam (today Thailand) from 1590 until his death in 1605. During his reign, Siam had the biggest territorial extent in history.
Naresuan University Naresuan University is a government sponsored university in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand. It was established as a separate university on July 29 1990, which was the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the reign of Phitsanulok born King Naresuan the Great.
Narew Narew (Old Prussian and , ) is a river in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula river. With a length of 484 kilometres (36 in Belarus and 448 in Poland) it is the fifth longest Polish river.
Narfell Narfell is a country in the eastern part of the fictional continent of Faerûn, in the Forgotten Realms setting. It lies in the Cold Lands region but was once the heart of a vast empire that stretched from the Giantspire Mountains to Lake Ashane and included the Great Dale, much of Thesk, part of the Plateau of Thay, what would become Impiltur, and other lands.
Narganá Narganá or Yandup in the Kuna Language is one of the islands belonging to the Kuna Yala, an autonomous territory or comarca in Panama. The culture in Nargana is influenced heavily by Panama and most people there are bilingual speaking both Spanish and the Kuna language.
Nargaroth (band) Nargaroth is a German black metal solo project. Although Nargaroth is a one man band, René "Kanwulf" Wagner is supported by session musicians such as Akhenaten of black metal band "Judas Iscariot" (both are supposed to be the members of black metal band "Torrent"), Occulta Mors of "Moonblood" and one man band "Nachtfalke" as well as "Seeds of Hate" drummer L'hiver (also known as Winterblut).
Narges Narges is the name of a popular Iranian TV program .This was supposed to be the first 90-episode Drama on Islamic Republic of Iran's TV with such a story line, but further on the series finished in 69 episodes which was still the longest series in its kind broadcast so far.
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration is a National Film Award, given to a feature film production, the jury of the National Film Awards feel has best dealt with themes relating to National Integration in India.
Naria Naria is a fictional character who appears in the Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers (鎧伝サă ă©ă‚¤ăă«ăĽă‘ăĽ) (Ronin Warriors) anime OVA, KikĂ´tei Densetsu (The Legend of the Inferno Armor). She is Mukara's fiancĂ© and a priestess of her African tribe.
Narikala Narikala is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Kura river. The fortress consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between the sulphur baths and the botanical gardens of Tbilisi.
Nariman Behravesh Nariman Behravesh is a well known economist who has appeared frequently on TV on NBC, CNN and quoted by the Wall Street Journal. He also appears as an economic analyst in updated episodes of the educational series Economics U$A.
Nariman Narimanov Nariman Kerbalai Najaf oglu Narimanov (Azeri in full: Nəriman Kərbəlayi Nəcəf oğlu Nərimanov, Russian: Нариман Нариманов; April 2, 1870, Tbilisi - March 19, 1925, Moscow) was an Azerbaijani revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. In 1921, Narimanov headed the Soviet government of Azerbaijan, the Council of People's Commissars (May 1921 - 1922).
Narin ghaleh [in the background (in order to capture its full size), the ruins of Narin Ghal'eh are not even registered with Iran's Heritage Organization, and is currently used as a garbage dump for the locals.]The Narin Ghaleh (In Persian: نارین قلعه) or Narin Castle is a mud-brick fort or castle in the town of Nain, Iran.
Narina Trogon The Narina Trogon, Apaloderma narina is a medium-sized, up to 34cm long, green colored bird of Trogonidae family. The male has a vivid green upperparts plumage, greyish wing, bright red below and patches of blue skin on their face.
Naringenin Naringenin (not to be confused with naringin) is a flavanone that is considered to have a bioactive effect on human health as antioxidant, free radical scavenger, anti-inflammatory, carbohydrate metabolism promoter, and immunity system modulater. This substance has also been shown to repair DNA.
Narita Express , abbreviated as N'EX, is a train operated by East Japan Railway Company, serving Narita International Airport from various Greater Tokyo Area stations. Services are approximately half-hourly in the mornings and evenings, and hourly through the middle of the day.
Narita Line The Narita Line (ćç”°ç·š Narita-sen) is a name used by three railway lines located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The longest of the lines runs between the cities of Sakura, Narita and Choshi; the second-longest runs from Narita to Abiko and is often called the Abiko Line, and the shortest runs from Narita to Narita International Airport.
Narita Shinkansen The Narita Shinkansen (ćç”°ć–°ĺąąç·š) was a project to connect Narita International Airport to Tokyo Station with a high-speed Shinkansen ("bullet train" line). The project has been abandoned and will be replaced by the Narita Rapid Railway.
Nariva Swamp The Nariva Swamp is the largest freshwater wetland in Trinidad and Tobago and has been designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. The swamp is located on the east coast of Trinidad, immediately inland from the Manzanilla Bay and covers over 60 square kilometres (23 mi²).
Narkamauka Narkamawka () is derisive name for the reformed (see Belarusian grammar reform (1933)), currently normative Belarusian grammar (and sometimes for the «official» Belarusian language, too). Evolved from the modern Belarusian «narkam» («наркам»), abbreviated early Soviet name for the Ministry, «people's commissariat» («народны каміŃарыят»).
Narkas Narkas is a creationist Italian scientific and archaeological organisation dedicated to finding Noah's Ark and to support the biblical account of the origin of the world. It is a non-political and non-religious association.
Narkompros Narkompros (НаркомпроŃ) is an abbreviation for the People's Commissariat for Enlightening (Народный комиŃŃариат проŃвещения), the Soviet agency charged with the administration of public education and most of other issues related to culture. In 1946, it was renamed the Ministry of Enlightening.
Narmada Bachao Andolan Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) (Save Narmada Movement) is a non governmental organisation (NGO) that mobilised tribal people, adivasis, farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against the Sardar Sarovar Dam being built across the Narmada river, Gujarat, India. It originally focused on the environmental issues related to trees that would be submerged under the dam water.
Narmada River The Narmada (Gujarati: નર્મદા Sanskrit: नर्मदा) or Nerbudda is a river in central India in Indian subcontinent. It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India, and is a total of 1,289 km (801 mi) long.
Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests The Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion of central India. The ecoregion lies mostly in Madhya Pradesh state, but extends into portions of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh states.
Narmer Narmer was an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled in the 31st century BC. Thought to be the successor to the predynastic Scorpion, he is considered by some to be the founder of the First dynasty, and therefore the first king of all Egypt.
Narmer Palette The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find, dating from about 3200 BC, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found, and is thought to depict the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the pharaoh Narmer. Egyptologist Bob Brier has referred to the Narmer Palette as "the first historical document in the world": which is thought by some to tell the story of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Narmin Othman Narmin Othman (Arabic: نيرمين عثمان; Kurdish (Latin script): Nermîn Osman) is the Iraqi Minister for the Environment in the government of Nouri al-Maliki, a post she also held in the Iraqi Transitional Government. She was Minister of Women's Affairs in the Iraqi Interim Government and a Minister of Education in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region from 1992.
Narn Bat Squad The Narn Bat Squad is an internet meme used primarily on the internet and USENET in discussions within science fiction fandom to illustrate (and retaliate against) writers who make bad puns. The Squad, named after the Narn race on the television series Babylon 5, is a creation of Babylon 5 creator J.
Narngulu, Western Australia Narngulu (), originally a town 422 km north of Perth, it is now considered more a suburb of Geraldton that is 6 km to the north. In the 1890s the town was known as Mullewa Junction as it was where the Cue railway line met the Midland railway line.
Narobov Narobov is Slovenia's most prominent improvisational theatre group, stationed in Ljubljana, Slovenia, focusing both on comedy and drama, performing in Europe and North America. All Narobov actors used to be, or still are, involved with theatresports, their main focus being contemporary theatre and unorthodox theatre practices.
Narodna Odbrana Narodna Odbrana (literally, The People's Defense) was a Serbian nationalist group that was created around 1908 as a reaction to the Austria-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time, it was concerned with the protection of ethnic Serbs in Austria-Hungary.
Narodnaja Volya (newspaper) Narodnaja Volya (Belarusian, Russian: НароĚдная воĚля, translated as people's will) is an independent newspaper founded by Iosif Seredich and originally printed in Vilnius (Lithuania). Its circulation is 55,000.
Narodnaya Volya Narodnaya Volya (Народная Воля in Russian, known as People’s Will in English) was a Russian revolutionary organization in the early 1880s. It was formed in August 1879, after Land and Liberty (Zemlya i volya) had split in two: Narodnaya Volya and Cherniy Peredel (Black repartition).
Narodnoe Opolcheniye Narodnoe Opolcheniye (, lit. "people's militia") was the name of irregular armies, formed from among ordinary people in Russia and Soviet Union to fight alongside the regular army during several wars:
Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (National Rebirth of Poland) is a Far Right, nationalist ("national radical", "national revolutionist"), racist (antisemitic) marginal political party in Poland, a member of European National Front, and a co-founder of International Third Position.
Narodowe Siły Zbrojne Narodowe Siły Zbrojne (English National Armed Forces, NSZ) was a part of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, fighting Nazi German occupation in General Government. NSZ was created on September 20, 1942.
Naropa University Naropa University is a private, liberal arts university in Boulder, Colorado, which was founded in 1974 by Chögyam Trungpa. It is one of the few major accredited Buddhist-inspired universities in North America.
Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer was the first astronomical instrument to measure the diameters of a large number of stars at visible wavelengths. It was designed by (amongst others) Robert Hanbury Brown, who received the Hughes Medal in 1971 for this work.
Narrabri, New South Wales Narrabri is a town of about 8000 people and and the seat of Narrabri Shire Council Local Government Area in north-central New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Namoi River and lies 531 kilometres northwest of Sydney.
Narragansett Bay Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound, forming an expansive natural harbor as well as including a small archipelago. The three largest islands in the bay are Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island.
Narrandera, New South Wales Narrandera is a town and Local Government Area (see Narrandera Shire Council) in southern New South Wales, Australia. It is an important destination for travellers as it lays on the junction of the Newell and Sturt Highways and it is the gateway to the productive Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
Narrative A narrative is a story: an interpretation of some aspect of the world that is historically and culturally grounded and shaped by human personality (per Walter Fisher). Derived from the Latin word gnarus and the Proto-Indo-European root ghnu, "to know," it came into English via the French language and it is used in a number of specialized applications.
Narrative evaluation In education, narrative evaluation is a form of performance measurement and feedback which can be used as an alternative or supplement to grading. Narrative evaluations generally consist of several paragraphs of written text about a student's individual performance and course work.
Narrative hook A narrative hook (or hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that he will read on. The "opening" may consist of several paragraphs for a short story, or several pages for a novel, but ideally is the opening sentence.
Narrative link A narrative link is storytelling provided by a leader of a story dramatization to link playable moments. This is a useful technique to fast forward over unplayable moments, to make time pass quickly, or to gently guide the players if they are getting stuck for one reason or another.
Narrative logic In the broadest sense, narrative logic is any logical process of narrative analysis. Narrative logic is a tool through which the audience may create events and explanations or otherwise elucidate details not included in the narrative.
Narrative of Some Things of New Spain and of the Great City of Temestitan The Narrative of Some Things of New Spain and of the Great City of Temestitan is a historical document dating from the 16th century, one of the few surviving contemporary Spanish accounts from the period of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and central Mexico (1519—1521).
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period.
Narrative of the Life of James Allen The Narrative of the Life of James Allen, alias Jonas Pierce, alias James H. York, alias Burley Grove, the Highwayman, Being His Death-bed Confession to the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison is an autobiographical work by James Allen.
Narrative paradigm The Narrative Paradigm is a theory proposed by Walter Fisher that all meaningful communication is a form of storytelling or to give a report of events (see narrative) and so human beings experience and comprehend life as a series of ongoing narratives, each with their own conflicts, characters, beginnings, middles, and ends.
Narrative poetry Narrative poetry is poetry that tells a story. In its broadest sense, it includes epic poetry; some would reserve the name narrative poetry for works on a smaller scale and generally with more direct appeal to human interest than the epic.
Narrative theology Narrative theology was a 20th-century theological development which supported the idea that the Church's use of the Bible should focus on a narrative presentation of the faith, rather than on the exclusive development of a systematic theology. Also referred to as postliberal theology, narrative theology was inspired by a group of theologians at Yale Divinity School, many influenced theologically by Karl Barth, Thomas Aquinas and to some extent, the nouvelle theologie of French Catholics such as Henri de Lubac.
Narrative theory Narrative theory is based on the concept that people are essentially storytellers. Storytelling is one of the oldest and most universal forms of communication and so individuals approach their social world in a narrative mode and make decisions and act within this narrative framework (Fisher 1984).
Narrative therapy Narrative Therapy is a form of psychotherapy using narrative, with an approach to helping people that was developed during (and has evolved since) the 1970s and 1980s, in good part by Australian Michael White and his friend and colleague, David Epston, of New Zealand. Their approach became prevalent in North America with the 1990 publication of their book, Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends.
Narrative thread A narrative thread, or plot thread or sometimes, but more ambigously, a storyline refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than to relate a matter in a dry 'All knowing' sort of narration. Thus the narrative threads experienced by different but specific characters or sets of characters are those seen in the eyes of those characters that together form a plot element or subplot in the work of fiction.
Narrativity In film theory, narrativity refers to the processes by which a story is both presented by the filmmaker and interpreted by the viewer. The term must be distinguished from narrative, which refers to the story itself.
Narratology The term was coined in French, narratologie, by Tzvetan Todorov in his 1969 Grammaire du Décaméron (Prince Its objects of study are all kinds of narrated text]s - both [[fiction (literature, poetry, etc.) and non-fiction (historiography, academic publishing, etc.
Narrelle Harris Narrelle Harris (also credited as Narrelle M Harris) is a Melbourne-based writer. She is the author of "Fly By Night" (2004, Homosapien Books), "Witch Honor" (2006, Five Star Speculative Fiction) and its sequel, "Witch Faith" (due 2007, Five Star Speculative Fiction).
Narriman Sadek Mena Narriman Sadek (or Nariman Sadiq) (October 31 1933 – February 16 2005) was the daughter of Husain Fahmi Sadiq Bey, a high-ranking official in the Egyptian government, and his wife Asila Kamil; she was the second wife of King Farouk and the last Queen of Egypt.
Narrogin, Western Australia Narrogin (; post code: 6312; population 4,424 (2001)) is a large town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 190km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Wagin. In the age of steam engines, Narrogin was one of the largest railway operation hubs in the southern part of Western Australia.
Narros de Matalayegua Narros de Matalayegua is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 42 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 279 people.
Narrow bipolar pulse Narrow bipolar pulses are high-energy, high-altitude, intra-cloud electrical discharges associated with thunderstorms. NBP are similar to lightning, but produce an optical emission of at least an order of magnitude smaller.
Narrow Bantu languages In the classification of African languages, Narrow Bantu is a term commonly used to designate the branch of Niger-Congo containing the numerous Bantu languages as recognized by Guthrie (1948) in his seminal classification of the Bantu languages. The term 'Narrow Bantu' was coined by the Benue-Congo Working Group to distinguish the group from other Bantu-like languages not recognized as such by Guthrie (1948).
Narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia built a number of experimental narrow-gauge railway lines around the beginning of the 20th century. Although all were closed by the early 1960s, parts of two have been reopened as heritage railways.
Narrow gauge railways of Australia Prior to Australia becoming an independent unified country in 1901, each of the six British colonies in Australia were responsible for rail transport infrastructure. Of the six colonies, only three (Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania) opted for narrow gauge railways.
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja (Polish Venice) near Żnin (Poland) is an open air museum collecting and exhibiting steam locomotives, passenger and freight cars, trolleys, railwaymen's equipment, signaling marks, equipment of an old waiting room like old maps. The 600 mm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja is a department of Muzeum Ziemi Pałuckiej (the Żnin's Museum of Pałuki Land) and was established in 1972 at the suggestion of lovers of the Pałuki region, of which Żnin is considered its capital.
Narrow Water Castle Narrow Water Castle is a tower house near Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland, located on the County Down bank of the Clanrye River, which enters Carlingford Lough a mile to the south. Narrow Water Castle was given into state care in 1956 and is one of the finest 16th century buildings in Ireland.
Narrow-bandwidth television Narrow-bandwidth television (NBTV) is a type of television designed to fit into a low-bandwidth channel, in the extreme case using amateur radio voice frequency channels that only range up to a few kilohertz (though channels ranging into a few tens of kilohertz and beyond can also be used). This is in contrast to regular TV systems that use a channel about six megahertz wide.
Narrow-lined puffer The narrow-lined Puffer, Arothron manilensis, is a puffer of the family Tetraodontidae, found in the western Pacific, Borneo, the Philippines, and northwest Australia to Samoa, northward to the Ryūkyū Islands in Japan, southward to New South Wales in Australia and Tonga.
Narrowband modem In telecommunication, a narrowband modem is a modem whose modulated output signal has an essential frequency spectrum that is limited to that which can be wholly contained within, and faithfully transmitted through, a voice channel with a nominal 4 kHz bandwidth.
Narrowcast A narrowcast is the transmission of data to a specific list of recipients. Cable television is an example of narrowcasting since the cable TV signals are sent only to homes that have subscribed to the cable service.
Narrowcasting Narrowcasting has traditionally been understood as the dissemination of information (usually by radio or television) to a narrow audience, not to the general public. Some forms of narrowcasting involve directional signals or use of encryption.
Narrowfin smooth-hound The narrowfin smooth-hound, Mustelus norrisi, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical western Atlantic from Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela, and also southern Brazil, between latitudes 32° N and 36° S, from the surface to 100 m. Its length is up to 1.
Narrowmouthed catshark The narrowmouthed catshark, Schroederichthys bivius, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from central Chile around the Straits of Magellan to Argentina between latitudes 23° S and 56° S, at depths of between 15 and 80 m. Its length is up to 70 cm.
Narrowneck Plateau The Narrowneck Plateau is the eroded remnant of a sandstone layer 1000m above sea level situated immediately south of Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia in the Blue Mountains. Accessible by car over a short dirt road (Glenraphael Drive) from Katoomba, the Narrowneck is a popular walking, bikeriding and climbing location and offers several walking descent routes to the adjacent valleys.
Narrownose smooth-hound The narrownose smooth-hound, Mustelus schmitti, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical southwest Atlantic from southern Brazil to northern Argentina between latitudes 30° S and 44° S, at depths of from 60 to 195 m. Its length is up to 74 cm.
Narrows Bridge The Narrows Bridge is a bridge that connects the Mitchell Freeway and Kwinana Freeway in Perth, Western Australia. It runs over the Swan River at "The Narrows" between Mt Eliza and Mill Point, connecting the northern and southern suburbs of the city.
Narrows Dam Narrows Dam is a dam located 6 miles north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas and impounds the water of the Little Missouri River (Arkansas) to create Lake Greeson. Narrows Dam was arthorized as a flood control and hydroelectric power project by the Flood Control Act of 1941.
Narrowtail catshark The narrowtail catshark, Schroederichthys maculatus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found off Honduras and Nicaragua between latitudes 18° N - 10° N, at depths of between 190 and 410 m. Its length is up to 33 cm.
Narryer Gneiss Terrane The Narryer Gneiss Terrane is a geological complex in Western Australia that is composed of a tectonically interleaved and polydeformed mixture of granite, mafic intrusions and metasedimentary rocks in excess of 3.3 Ga, with the majority of the Narryer Gneiss Terrane in excess of 3.
Narsarmijit Narsarmijit, also sometimes spelled Narsamiit and also known as Narsaq Kujalleq or by its Danish name Frederiksdal, is Greenland's southernmost settlement (Approximate location: and is some 50 km from Kap Farvel, the southern tip of Greenland. Today's village dates from an 1824 Moravian mission that was named Frederiksdal to honor Danish King Fredrik VI.
Narsarsuaq Narsarsuaq (variously spelled, the name is Greenlandic for Great Plain) was the principal city of Greenland in the times of Erik the Red whose farm BrattahlĂð was nearby. That settlement died out by the end of the Middle Ages.
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies is a university in Mumbai, India which offers MBA, pharmacy and online programs. It was founded in 1981 by the Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal, a charity which has founded several other educational institutions in India.
Narses Narses (also sometimes written Nerses) (478-573) was with Belisarius, one of the great generals in the service of the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I during the so-called "Reconquest" that took place during Justinian's reign.
Narses (disambiguation) Narses or Nerses was the Hellenized form of the Parthian Nerseh, which appears to have been a fairly common name in the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East in late antiquity. The name derives from a minor Zoroastrian divinity, Nairyosangha, "he of manly utterance," a Hermes-like figure.
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