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Numismatic Circular The Numismatic Circular is an international periodical published by Spink since 1892 based in London. Now published six times a year, the Circular offers coins, books and banknotes for sale at fixed prices and features articles of numismatic interest.
Numismatic Chronicle The Numismatic Chronicle is the annual publication of the Royal Numismatic Society. A decade index is published in every tenth volume, and the most recent decade index is on the Royal Numismatic Society website.
Nummer 2 Nummer 2 for thirteen instruments (1951), by Karel Goeyvaerts, (also called Opus 2 for thirteen instruments) has been claimed to be the first "total serial" composition(although Milton Babbitt]'s Three Compositions for Piano (1947) is also so credited, and predates Goeyvaerts's work by four years). Unlike its immediate predecessor in Goeyvaerts's catalog, Nr 1 (1950–51) Sonata for Two Pianos, and two of its serial successors, the electronic Nr 4 met dode tonen (1952) and Nr 5 met zuivere tonen (1953), Nr 2 uses a recurring [[twelve-tone technique|twelve-tone row in the first and last of its three sections (Sabbe 1977, 55–58).
Nummer 28 Nummer 28 was a Dutch reality soap, directed by Joost Tholens and produced by Today TV, shown as part of the youth show "1-4-U" of public broadcaster KRO in 1991. The name of the show was directly derived from the number of the house in that street (Number 28).
Numonohi "Numonohi" is the short name for the New Tribes Mission central administration headquarters in Papua New Guinea. It facilitates the support and coordination of Bible translation, church planting and medical work throughout the Papua New Guinea mainland.
Numpad A numpad, also known as a numeric keypad, is the small, palm-sized, seventeen key section of a computer keyboard, usually on the very far right. The numpad features digits 0 to 9, addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*) and division (/) symbols, a decimal point (.
Numt Numt (pronounced “new might”) is an abbreviated term for “nuclear mitochondrial DNA”, which describes any transfer or “transposition” of cytoplasmic mitochondrial DNA sequences into the separate nuclear genome of a eukaryotic organism. As whole genome sequencing projects accumulate, more and more Numt’s have been detected in many diverse eukaryotic organisms (see http://www.
Nun (Bible) Nun, in the Hebrew Bible, was a man from the Tribe of Ephraim, grandson of Ammihud, son of Elishama, and father of Joshua. () He grew up in and may have lived his entire life in the Israelites' Egyptian captivity, where the Egyptians "made life bitter for them with harsh labor at mortar and bricks and with all sorts of tasks in the field.
Nun Buffer NUN (NUclear extraction, Novel method) buffer is a buffer that resembles the environment which is found in the nucleoplasm and is used to extract nuclear proteins. The high salt, urea and detergent concentrations disrupt the interactions between proteins and DNA.
Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft (BWV 50) is the only surviving movement of a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. The piece is written for an unusually large orchestra, indicating that it was composed for a special occasion: it is scored for two choirs, three oboes, three trumpets, timpani, string orchestra, organ, and cembalo.
Nun Monkton Situated 8 miles north of York at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Nidd, Nun Monkton is a village in North Yorkshire. Cottages and houses are grouped around a village green of 20 acres with a duck pond and a maypole.
Nun of Watton The Nun of Watton was the alleged central protagonist of a drama at a Gilbertine convent in Yorkshire, where the nun in question was admitted to the holy life as a toddler in the twelfth century. Unfortunately, the young woman in
Nuna Nuna is the name of a series of manned solar powered vehicles that won the World solar challenge in Australia three times in a row, in 2001 (Nuna 1 or just Nuna), 2003 (Nuna 2) and 2005 (Nuna 3). The Nunas are built by students of the Delft University of Technology.
Nuna asiilasooq "Nuna asiilasooq" ("The Land of Great Length") is a national anthem of Greenland used by the self-governing Kalaallit Inuit people of Greenland, which has been officially recognised by the government since 1979. The anthem was written by Jonathan Petersen.
Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit" (You Our Ancient Land) is the national anthem of Greenland, a dependency of Denmark. With lyrics by Henrik Lund and music composed by Jonathan Petersen, the anthem was officially adopted in 1916.
Nunatak A nunatak (plural: nunataks) is a mountain top that is not covered by land ice (see glaciation and ice age), and protrudes out of a surrounding glacier. The wildlife on a nunatak can be isolated by the glacier, just like an island is in the ocean.
Nunatsiaq News Nunatsiaq News (ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ) is a Canadian newspaper based in Iqaluit and serves both Nunavut and the Nunavik region of Quebec and is also available in Ottawa. Although the paper has a listed price of $1.
Nunatsiavummiutut Nunatsiavummiutut, also known as Labradorimiutut, and called Inuttut by its speakers, is a dialect of the Inuit language. It was once spoken across northern Labrador by Inuit people, whose traditional lands have now been consolidated as Nunatsiavut.
Nunavik Nunavik (Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕕᒃ) comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering an area of approximately 507 000 km², north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec.
Nunavut Nunavut (Inuktitut syllabics: , (fonts required)) is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut ActNunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement ActNunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries were established in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's map since the incorporation of the new province of Newfoundland (including Labrador) in 1949.
Nunavut (electoral district) Nunavut is a federal electoral district in Nunavut, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Nunatsiaq, its predecessor that covered the same area, was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1979 to 1997.
Nunavut general election, 1999 Nunavut, Canada conducted its first general election on 15 February 1999 , to elect the members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Although Nunavut did not become a territory until 1 April 1999 the election was held early to enable the members to assume their duties on that date.
Nunavut Implementation Commission The Nunavut Implementation Commission was a federally appointed body of nine political figures and community leaders appointed from across Northwest Territories, Canada to establish and implement policy towards the division of Northwest Territories and the creation of Nunavut.
Nunavut Interpreter/Translator Society The Nunavut Interpreter/Translator Society (French: Société des traducteurs-interprètes du Nunavut; Inuktitut, Nunattinni Katujjiqatigiit Tusaajinut) represents translators, terminologists and interpreters in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
Nunavut Power The Nunavut Power Corporation (a Nunavut Crown corporation) was established to take over the assets within Nunavut of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation in 2001, two years after the Nunavut Territory was created in 1999. Prior to 1988, the power facilities across northern Canada had been owned and operated by the Northern Canada Power Commission (NCPC) a Canadian crown corporation.
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI; Inuktitut: Nunavut Tunngavik; Syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ) is the legal representative of the Inuit of Nunavut for the purposes of native treaty rights and treaty negotiation and one of the four regional members that make up the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. NTI continues to play a central role in Nunavut, even after the creation of the Government of Nunavut.
Nunc dimittis The Nunc dimittis (also Song of Simeon or Canticle of Simeon) is a canticle from a text in the second chapter of Luke (Luke 2:29–32) named after its first words in Latin. Simeon was a devout Jew who had been promised by the Holy Ghost that he would not die until he had seen the Saviour.
Nunciature to the United States The Nunciature to the United States — formally the Nunciature to the United States of America and informally the Apostolic Nunciature — is an ecclesiastical and episcopal office of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It is a diplomatic post of Vatican City and the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States with the rank of ambassador.
Nundle, New South Wales Nundle is a small town (2001 population: 257) in the New England region of northern New South Wales, Australia. It was formerly the centre of Nundle Shire Local Government Area, but most of this, including Nundle, was absorbed into Tamworth Regional Council in 2004.
Nune Yesayan Nune Yesayan/Նունե (born August 5, 1969 in Yerevan, Armenia) commonly known simply as Nune and Nouné is a popular Armenian pop singer who began singing with an Armenian jazz band in the early 1990's before becoming a lounge singer at resorts in the Middle East. While performing in Damascus, she observed that young Syrians knew the words to old folk songs performed by contemporary singers, which was not true of young Armenians.
Nuneaton Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire, and the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth. The town is located 13 km (8 miles) north of Coventry, 32 km (20 miles) east of Birmingham and 166 km (103 miles) northwest of London.
Nungalinya College Nungalinya College, an Adult Education College, is a partnership of the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Uniting Church based in Nakara a suburb of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a member of the Adelaide College of Divinity and through that associated with Flinders University.
Nunchaku The nunchaku (Chinese: 雙節棍, shuāng jié gùn; 兩節棍, liǎng jié gùn "Dual Section Staff"; 二節棍, èr jié gùn "Two Section Staff"; Japanese: ヌンチャク nunchaku ; 梢子棍, shōshikon "Boatman's staff"; 双節棍, sōsetsukon "Paired sections staff"; 二節棍, nisetsukon "Two section staff", also sometimes called "nunchucks", "numchuks", or "chain sticks" in English) is a martial arts weapon of the Kobudo weapons set and consists of two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope. The other Kobudo weapons are the sai, tonfa, bo, eku, tekko, tinbe-rochin, surujin, and kama.
Nunchi Nunchi refers to a concept in Korean culture, described as "the subtle art of listening and gauging another's mood". It is of central importance to the dynamics of interpersonal relationship]s in [[Culture of Korea|Korean culture.
Nunivak Island Nunivak Island is the second largest island in the Bering Sea, 48 km (30 miles) offshore from the delta of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, at about 60° North latitude. According to the United States Census Bureau, which defines it as Block 38 through Block 1044, Block Group 1, Census Tract 1 of Bethel Census Area, Alaska, it is 4,226.
Nunn (crater) Nunn is a lunar impact crater that is located just beyond the eastern limb of the Moon, along the northern edge of Mare Smythii. To the east of this crater is the much larger Babcock crater, and to the northwest is Jansky crater.
Nuno Canavarro Nuno Canavarro (born 1962) is a Portuguese composer who is known for his experimental 1988 recording: Plux Quba – Música para 70 Serpentes. This record was a strong influence on the sound of many [music|postmodern] electronic musicians, including Mouse On Mars and [O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke], the latter of whom re-released Plux Quba on his own Mokai label in 1999.
Nuno Delgado Nuno Delgado is a former Portuguese judoka who became known for winning Portugal's first Olympic medal in the Judo – a bronze in the under-81 kg category at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sidney. He was also senior European champion (Bratislava, 1999).
Nuno Gonçalves Nuno Gonçalves was a 15th century Portuguese artist credited for the painting of the paineis de São Vicente de Fora (Saint Vincent Panels). The panels depict the main elements of Portuguese society in the 15th century: clergy, nobility and common people.
Nuno José de Moura Barreto Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 9th Count of Vale de Reis, 2nd Marquess and 1st Duke of Loulé (November 6, 1804–May 22, 1875), was an important Portuguese politician during the period of Constitutional Monarchy. Leader of the Historic Party, he was many times minister and, for three times, President of the Council of Ministers – Prime Minister (1856–1859, 1860–1865 and 1869–1870).
Nuno Piloto Nuno Torres Piloto Albuquerque, known as Nuno Piloto, is a Portuguese footballer, born on 19th March 1982 in Tondela, district of Viseu. As a young and well balanced midfielder, he started to be noted in Académica de Coimbra.
Nuno Rusende Nuno Rusende represented Belgium at the 2005 semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Le Grand Soir' (The big night). Originally from Portugal, Nuno participated in one of the smallest and simplest National selections in Eurovision history competing with one song against the only other participant Tiffany Ciely and her song Lost Paradise.
Nunohara Station is a JR West Hakubi Line and Geibi Line station located on the west side of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Three D51 steam locomotives were used on the Hakubi Line to haul freight until 1972 (at the time of the Nunohara signal box), and the place is famous with train aficionados for taking pictures of them.
Nunsthorpe Nunsthorpe is a suburb and housing estate in the western part of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Laceby Road (A46) and Scartho Road (B1203), which respectively form its northern and eastern boundaries.
Nunt A nunt is a pastry originating from Jewish cuisine and vaguely resembling nougat. The pastry is predominantly served at the Jewish celebration of Purim, where home-made sweets are customarily given to neighbours and friends.
Nunthorpe Nunthorpe is a small suburb to the town of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Nunthorpe is served by Nunthorpe and Gypsy Lane railway stations, both of which are on the Esk Valley Line.
Nunthorpe Grammar School Nunthorpe Grammar School was one of two single sex male state grammar schools in the City of York, until the change to a comprehensive system in 1985. The school was centered on Nunthorpe Court, a large Victorian House built in 1856.
Nunthorpe railway station Nunthorpe railway station serves the town of Nunthorpe within the borough of Middlesbrough in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services.
Nunthorpe Stakes The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 5 furlongs and 3 yards (1,009 metres) at York Racecourse during the Ebor Festival meeting in August.
Nunu Kumba Nunu Kumba is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Welega Zone, Nunu Kumba is bordered on the southwest by the Didessa River which separates it from the Illubabor Zone, on the northwest by Jimma Arjo, on the north by Guto Wayu, on the northeast by Wama Bonaya, and on the southeast by the Jimma Zone.
Nunuk Ragang Nunuk Ragang is a legendary red banyan tree traditionally located at the intersection of the left (Liwagu Kegibangan) and right (Liwagu Kawananan) branches of the Liwagu River to the east of Ranau and Tambunan in Sabah. Under this giant banyan tree was located the village of Nunuk Ragang, which was the original village of the Dusun people who inhabit most of central Borneo.
Nuon Nuon was a technology that adds additional features to a DVD player. In addition to viewing DVDs, one can play 3D video games, use enhanced DVD navigational tools, gain access to some DVD-ROM features that would normally be only available via a personal computer.
Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano, was a music magazine created in 1964 in Milan by a group of musicians linked to the same left ideological political-cultural movement of the late sixties. They tried to create a new musical movement for the renaissance of the italian popular music.
Nupe language The Nupe language is spoken primarily by the Nupe ethnic group of the Middle Belt region of Nigeria; its geographical distribution is limited to the west-central portion of this region and maintains pre-eminence in Niger State.
Nuper rosarum flores Nuper Rosarum Flores, or, "Flowers of Roses", is an isorhythmic motet composed in 1436 by Guillaume Dufay, to be performed at the consecration of the new Florence cathedral on the occasion of the completion of the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. Pope Eugene IV presided at this ceremony, which was by all accounts a notably grand occasion.
Nuphar lutea Nuphar lutea, the spatterdock, yellow water-lily, cow lily, or yellow pond-lily, is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to Eurasia. It grows in eutrophic freshwater beds, with its roots fixed into the ground and its leaves floating on the water's surface.
Nuphonic Nuphonic are a defunct record label, based in London, England. The label were founded in 1994 by Sav Remzi and David Hill with the aim of releasing and promoting dance music that reflected their passion for jazz, funk and ethnic music.
Nuptial act The "Nuptial Act" is a theological term most used amongst Catholics. It is another term for what the marital act is - it is the conjoining of two human beings in the sexual act to become one flesh and one body, in conjunction with Jesus Christ.
Nuqul Group Established in 1952, Nuqul Group (a conglomerate of 27 companies) is one of the Middle East's leading industrial groups. Its line of business covers a wide range of products including: raw material and converted hygienic tissue paper non-woven fabrics, processed meats, aluminum profiles, ready-mix concrete, synthetic sponge/foam, plastic pipes, stationery, and printed packaging materials.
Nur ad-Din al-Malik al-Adil Nur ad-Din Abu al-Qasim Mahmud Ibn 'Imad ad-Din Zangi (February 1118 – May 15, 1174), also known as Nur ed-Din, Nur al-Din, etc. (in Arabic: نور الدين Nūr ad-Dīn; ie Light of the Faith) was a member of the Zengid dynasty who ruled Syria from 1146 to 1174.
Nur Amalina Che Bakri Nur Amalina Che Bakri (born 1987 in Johor Bahru, Johor) is the student who holds the record of most 1As scored in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia. Upon the announcement of results of SPM 2004 on 26 March 2005, she received 17 1As - a record for number of 1As received by a student in the history of Malaysian education.
Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order is a modern dervish order (tariqah) of Islamic Mystics (Sufis). It is a branch of the Halveti-Jerrahi Tariqah of Istanbul, Turkey and was founded in the early 1980's by American Sufis Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi (a.
Nur Ed-Din Al Betrugi Nur Ed-Din Al Betrugi (also spelled Nur al-Din Ibn Ishaq Al-Bitruji and Abu Ishâk ibn al-Bitrogi; another spelling is al Bidrudschi) (known in the West by the Latinized name of Alpetragius) (died ca. 1204 AD) was an astronomer of the Middle Ages.
Nur fĂĽr Deutsche Nur fĂĽr Deutsche (German: "For Germans only"): during World War II in many German-occupied countries, is a racialist slogan. Signs bearing this admonition were posted at entrances to parks, cafes, cinemas, theaters and other facilities reserved for Germans only.
Nur Hossain Nur Hossain (Bangla:নূর হোসেন) (born 1961-died November 10,1987) is perhaps the most widely known martyr in the movement in Bangladesh against the dictatorship of General Hossain Mohammad Ershad. Neither well-off nor highly educated, Nur Hossain embodied the struggle of common people of the country.
Nur Khan Air Marshal Nur Khan (Urdu: نور خان) also written as Noor Khan (born 22 February 1923) was the Air Marshal of Pakistan Air Force, Governor of West Pakistan and the Chairman of Pakistan International Airlines. He's the founder of the annual Champions Trophy in field hockey.
Nur Mountains The Nur Mountains ("Mountains of Holy Light") or Amonos Mountains, also known as the Gâvur Mountains and Amanus Mountains, are a mountain range to the east of İskenderun, parallel to the İskenderun Bay in southern Turkey. They reach a maximum a height of 2240 m, the highest peak being named Bozdağ.
Nur-Banu Nur-Banu (born Cecilia Venier-Baffo) (1525–1587) was a Venetian-born Jewish woman of noble birth, and was the niece of Sebastiano Venier, the Doge of Venice. Cecilia was kidnapped by Ottoman brigands in 1537 and taken to Istanbul, where she was renamed Sultana Nur-Banu, "Princess of Light".
Nur-Pashi Kulayev Nur-Pashi Kulayev, a native of Engenoi, Chechnya is thought to be the sole survivor of the 32 hostage-takers in the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis, although Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev denied the claim, stating that one other escaped.
Nureddin al-Atassi Noureddin Mustafa al-Atassi (1930-1992) (Arabic: نور الدين مصطفى الأتاسي Nūr ad-Dīn Muṣṭafā al-'Atasī) was President of Syria from February 1966 to November 1970. Though a long-time ideologue of the powerful Baath Party who became its Secretary General as well as President of the Republic, he was considered to be largely a ceremonial figurehead, with real power vested in the Deputy Secretary General, Salah Jadid.
Nureddin Pasha Nureddin Pasha, often called Nureddin Pasha the Bearded (), was a Turkish military officer, who served in the Ottoman Empire during World War I and in the Turkish army during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). To distinguish him from namesakes, he was called so, because he was the only high-ranking Turkish officer during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) sporting a beard.
Nuremberg Code The Nuremberg Code is a set of principles for human experimentation set as a result of the Nuremberg trials at the end of the Second World War. Specifically, they were in response to the inhumane Nazi human experimentation carried out during the war by individuals such as Dr.
Nuremberg Defense The Nuremberg Defense is a legal defense that essentially states that the defendant was "only following orders" ("Befehl ist Befehl") and is therefore not responsible for his crimes. The defense was most famously employed during the Nuremberg Trials, after which it is named.
Nuremberg Diary Nuremberg Diary (ISBN 0-306-80661-4) is Gustave Gilbert's account of and interviews he conducted during the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi Leaders, including Hermann Göring, involved in World War II and the Holocaust. The book was published in 1947.
Nuremberg Files The Nuremberg Files was a website that displayed the names and locations of various doctors who performed abortions throughout the United States. They came under fire as controversial because of their practice of changing the listings of those doctors who had been injured or murdered, or stopped performing abortions, usually as a result of extreme activism by anti-abortion individuals.
Nuremberg International Toy Fair The Nuremberg International Toy Fair (NĂĽrnberger Spielwarenmesse) is an international toy and game trade show which takes place annually in Nuremberg, Germany. In 2007, the show will run from February 1 through February 6.
Nuremberg Palace of Justice Nuremberg Palace of Justice is a building complex in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany which is most famous for being the location of the famous Nuremberg Trials that were held after the Second World War for the "henchmen" of Adolf Hitler, between 1945 and 1949 for those who were still presumed to be alive. Among the infamous ones who made the appearance were Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Franz von Papen (Vice-Chancellor under Hitler, acquitted), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (Austrian Chancellor, Nazi Commissioner, hanged) and Joachim von Ribbentrop (Foreign Minister, hanged).
Nuremberg Rally The Nuremberg Rally (officially, Reichsparteitag, literally "reich party day") was the annual rally of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) in the years 1923 to 1938 in Germany. Especially after Hitler's rise to power in 1933, they were large propaganda events by the state.
Nuremberg S-Bahn The Nuremberg S-Bahn (in German S-Bahn NĂĽrnberg) is an S-Bahn network covering the region of Nuremberg, FĂĽrth and Erlangen which was founded in 1987 and is now integrated in the Transport Association Region Nuremberg (Verkehrsverbund GroĂźraum NĂĽrnberg). The full length of the three current lines is about 67 kilometres.
Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany. The trials were held in the city of Nuremberg, Germany, from 1945 to 1949, at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.
Nuremberg U-Bahn The Nuremberg U-Bahn is a metro run by the VAG NĂĽrnberg (Verkehrsaktiengesellschaft NĂĽrnberg or Nuremberg Transport Corporation), which itself is a member of the VGN (Verkehrsverbund GroĂźraum NĂĽrnberg or Greater Nuremberg Transport Network). The Nuremberg U-Bahn is Germany's newest metro. Its DT1 vehicles are for the most part of the same design as the A cars found on the Munich U-Bahn, and both transport companies once lent each other trainsets as reserve rolling stock for major events (such as the Munich Olympics) at the time when both systems were quite new. Further such swaps are nowadays no longer possible, as the rolling stock on each system has developed in ways that would require it to undergo rebuilding for use on the other system. The newer Nuremberg trains (the DT2, for example) are incompatible with the Munich system.
Nurhak Nurhak is a district and the central town of that district in KahramanmaraĹź Province of Turkey. The district area's population was 14,990 in 1990 and the district center had a population of 11,811 in 2000 [http://www.
Nuri as-Said Nuri al-Said (1888 – July 15, 1958) (نوري السعيد) was an Iraqi politician during the British Mandate and monarchy, who served in various key cabinet positions, including fourteen terms as prime minister:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959 in Istanbul) is a Turkish film director. After graduating from Boğaziçi University with a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering, he went on with his studies on cinema for two years.
Nuria Olivé Nuria Olivé Vancells (born August 20, 1968 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team that surprisingly won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona).
Nuriootpa, South Australia Nuriootpa () is the major commercial centre in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, about an hour's drive north of the capital, Adelaide. The name of the town is reputed to be the local Aboriginal word for "meeting place".
Nuristani people The Nuristani people are a religious/ethnic group in the Nurestan Province of Afghanistan. They were known as the "Red or Black Kafirs", and the Nurestan province as Kafiristan, before they were forced to convert to Islam in 1895.
Nurit Peled-Elhanan Nurit Peled-Elhanan is an Israeli peace activist, professor at Hebrew University, and is among the founders of the Bereaved Families for Peace. After the death of Elhanan's 13 year-old daughter in 1997, she became an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
Nurlan Balgimbayev Nurlan Utebovich Balgimbayev (Russian: Нурлан Утебович Балгимбаев, Nurlán Uté'bovich Balgimbáyev; born 20 November 1947) served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 10 October 1997 to 1 October 1999. He has been the President of the Kazakhstan Oil Investment Company since February 2002.
Nurmuhammed Khanamov Nurmuhammed Khanamov (also Nurmuhammet Charyevich Hanamov) was born in on 1 January 1945 in Tejen, in the Ashgabad region of the Turkmen SSR. Although he served as the ambassador of Turkmenistan to Turkey and Israel during 2002, he is best known currently for his role as co-chairman of the Republican Party of Turkmenistan.
Nurnie Nurnies are bits of detail on objects, usually models, both physical and computer-generated, of fictional technology, that serve no real purpose other than to add complexity to the object. The detail can be made from geometric primitives, including cylinders, cubes, and rectangles, combined to create intricate, but meaningless, surface detail.
Nurpur Noon Nurpur Noon is a historical village in Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was settled in the nineteenth century by the Noon family, who moved here from Mitha Tiwana, along with their staff and people to cutivate the lands.
Nurse (band) Nurse is a Gestalt rock band, originally coming together in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2004. The band formed when the remnants of the defunct progressive rock band Sonorus asked the singer of the dissolving rock band Seraphim to sing for them.
Nurse Angel Ririka SOS Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (ナースエンジェルりりかＳＯＳ Nāsuenjeru Ririka Esuōesu) is a magical girl series. The manga was written by novelist Yasushi Akimoto (秋元康 Akimoto Yasushi) and drawn by mangaka Koi Ikeno (池野恋 Ikeno Koi), and ran in Ribon Magazine.
Nurse Betty Nurse Betty is a 2000 comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Greg Kinnear. It tells the tale of Betty (Zellweger), a sweet and innocent Kansas waitress who is a fanatic for one soap opera.
Nurse educator A nurse educator is a nurse who teaches and prepares licensed practical nurses (LPN) and registered nurses (RN) for entry into practice positions. Nurse Educators also teach in graduate programs at Master’s and doctoral level which prepare advanced practice nurses, nurse educators, nurse administrators, nurse researchers, and leaders in complex healthcare and educational organizations.
Nurse empress dowager Nurse empress dowager (Chinese language: 保太后; pinyin Bǎo Tàihòu) was an honorific title given to emperors' wet nurses during the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. The existence of the title owed itself to a peculiar institution of Northern Wei -- that when a son of the emperor were to be made crown prince, his mother, if alive, must be forced to commit suicide.
Nurse Gollum Nurse Gollum is a fictional character in the animated series South Park. She is the school nurse at South Park Elementary, notable primarily for the fact that she has a dead fetus attached to the side of her head, which terrifies the children.
Nurse Joy Nurse Joy is a minor recurring character in the Pokémon media franchise, most famous as being a predominant character in the Pokémon anime. All Nurse Joys are part of a large family of identical Pokémon nurses, all named Joy, with striking similarities to each other.
Nurse midwife In the United States, a nurse midwife is an advanced practice nurse who has specialized in the practice of obstetrical and gynecological care of relatively healthy women. Most nurse midwives have a Master of Science in Nursing in addition to being a Registered Nurse.

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