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Naiad In Greek mythology, the Naiads (from the Greek νάειν, "to flow," and νáĽÎĽÎ±, "running water") were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks, as river gods embodied rivers, and some very ancient spirits inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolid. Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids were with saltwater and the Nereids specifically with the Mediterranean; but because the Greeks thought of the world's waters as all one system, which percolated in from the sea in deep cavernous spaces within the bosom of the earth, to rise freshened in seeps and springs, there was some overlap.
Naiad (comics) Mai Miyazaki, the Naiad first appeared in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #90, in which she was revealed to be the elemental of water, in the same league as Firestorm (fire), Red Tornado (air), and Swamp Thing (earth).
Naiad press The Florida based Naiad Press was one of the very first presses dedicated to Lesbian Feminism in the United States. Now part of Bella Books, it gave many of the first writers of lesbian fiction their start, printing lesbian stories when no one else would.
Naica Mine The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, is a working mine that is known for its extraordinary crystals. Naica is a lead and silver mine in which large voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite as large as 4 feet in diameter and 50 feet long.
Naida Cole Naida Cole (born October 28 1974 in Durham, North Carolina, USA) is a pianist. She studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, the Université de Montréal, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and the Fondazione Internazionale per il pianoforte in Cadenabbia, Italy.
Naide Gomes Naide Gomes (full name Enezenaide do Rosario da Vera Cruz Gomes, OIH, born November 20, 1979 in SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe) is a heptathlete. She has lived in Portugal since age 11, and has represented Portugal since 2001.
Naif al-Sheikh Naif al-Sheikh is an Arab superhero in the DC Comics universe and a former member of Justice League Elite. The character was created by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke, and first appears in Justice League Elite #1, September (2004).
Naicho NaichĹŤ (内調, an abbreviation for Naikaku JĹŤhĹŤ ChĹŤsashitsu 内閣 ć…ĺ ± 調査室, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office) is the premier intelligence agency of Japan, reporting directly to the Prime Minister. The agency employs some eighty personnel, whose activities are kept extraordinarily secret.
Naik (military rank) Naik (sometimes historically called Nayak) (Nk) is the equivalent rank to Corporal in the Indian Army and Pakistan Army, and previously in the British Indian Army, ranking between Lance Naik and Havildar. In cavalry units the equivalent is Lance Daffadar.
Naik Mohammedal family of Birote Hazrat Ali the 4th caliph, after the death of his first wife Hadhrat Fatima tuz Zohra, the Daughter of Holy Prophat Muhammad (PBUH) and mother of Imam Huasan and Imam Hussain, married with other women. One of his wives was Khola daughter of Jaafar a tribal chief of Yamama.
Nail (engineering) In engineering, woodworking and construction, a nail is a pin-shaped, sharp object of hard metal, typically steel, used as a fastener. Nails for specialised purposes may also be made of stainless steel, brass or aluminium.
Nail (relic) Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Christ was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians. When Helena, mother of Constantine the Great discovered the True Cross in Jerusalem, the legend was told by and repeated by Sozomen and Theodoret that the Holy Nails had been recovered too.
Nail (unit) A nail, when used as a unit, is usually one sixteenth of a certain base unit. In English usage the most common base units were the foot and the yard for length, the acre for area and the (long) hundredweight for mass.
Nail biting Nail biting is the habit of biting one's fingernails or toenails during periods of nervousness, stress, hunger, or boredom It can also be a sign of mental or emotional disorder. The clinical name for nail biting is chronic onychophagia.
Nail bomb The nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its wounding ability. The nails act as shrapnel, leading almost certainly to greater loss of life and injury in inhabited areas than the explosives alone would.
Nail in the Coffin "Nail in the Coffin" is a diss track released along with "The Sauce" in 2003 by Eminem, directed at Benzino, a rapper who had secretly co-owned The Source for some time. The track is intended as a response to Benzino's "Pull Ya Skirt Up," in which he blames Eminem for screwing up the state of hip hop and portrays him as a tool of the music industry.
Nail's Station Nail's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route and the Texas Road in Indian Territory. Sometimes called Blue River Station or Nail's Crossing, it was located on the east side of Blue River in what is now Bryan County, Oklahoma.
Nailbomb Nailbomb was a band that combined various styles including Metal/Industrial and Punk,formed as side project by Max Cavalera of Sepultura and Soulfly , and Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel and Theory of Ruin. The group played one live performance before disbanding.
Nailea Norvind Nailea Norvind (born on February 16, 1970 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actress of television as well as the critically-acclaimed film Gaby: A True Story. She also lent her voice to play Princess Kida in the Spanish dubbing of Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Nailsea Nailsea is a town in North Somerset, England, about 13 km to the South West of Bristol and about 23 km to the North East of the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare. Nailsea is a commuter town with an approximate population of 18,000.
Nailsea and Backwell railway station Nailsea and Backwell railway station is a station located between the town of Nailsea and the village of Backwell in south-west England. The station is 13 km (8 miles) west of Bristol Temple Meads towards Weston-super-Mare and is managed by First Great Western.
Naim naim is a minimalist messaging and chat program written by Daniel Reed which supports the protocols AIM, ICQ, IRC, and lily (CMC). Unlike most messaging clients, it is not graphical; it runs from the console using the ncurses library.
Naim Frashëri Naim Frashëri (May 25, 1846 Frashër, Albania – October 20, 1900 Kızıltoprak, Kadıköy, Turkey) was an Albanian romantic poet and a prominent figure of the Rilindja Kombëtare, the national renaissance of Albania, together with his two brothers Sami and Abdyl.
Naim SĂĽleymanoÄźlu Naim SĂĽleymanoÄźlu (born January 23, 1967 in Ptichar, Bulgaria), born Naim Suleimanov (), is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting. He won three Olympic Championships, seven World Championships and six European Championships and improved world records 46 times.
Naima Naima is a ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959, and named after his then wife, Juanita Naima Grubb. It first appeared on the album Giant Steps, and is notable for its use of a variety of rich chords over a bass pedal.
Naima Akef Naima Akef (Arabic:نعيمة عاŮŮ) born on 7 October 1929 was a famous Egyptian belly dancer during the Egyptian cinemas golden age and starred in many films of the time. Naima Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta.
Naimans The Naimans (Naiman also means 'eight' in Mongolian) were a Mongol people dwelling on the steppe of central Asia, closely related to the Kara-Khitai, and subservient to them until 1177. Like the Khitai, many of them were Nestorian Christians.
Naimark's problem In mathematics, Naimark's problem is a question in functional analysis. It asks whether every C*-algebra that has only one irreducible representation up to unitary equivalence is isomorphic to the algebra of compact operators on some Hilbert space.
Naimatullah Khan Niamthullah Khan, (born October 1, 1930 Ajmer, British India) was the Nazim of largest city of Pakistan, Karachi from August 2001-June 2005. He did his Graduation from Punjab University, a Masters, a Post Graduate Degree in Journalism and a Law Degree from Karachi University.
Naimee Coleman Naimee Coleman (born December 8, 1976) is a singer/songwriter from Dundrum Dublin, Ireland. She provided the vocals for Cass & Slide's Perception (Vocal Mix) in 2000 and has also done vocals for Aurora UK, most notably on the songs Ordinary World (2000) and Sleeping Satellite (2003).
Naimon Duke Naimon, also called Aymon, Namo, and Namus, is a character in Old French chansons de geste. The son of Doon de Mayence, he is the Duke of Dordogne and the father of four sons, Renaud (Rinaldo), Guiscard, Alard, and Richard, who were part of the tale Les Quatre Fils Aymon or The Four Sons of Aymon.
Nain rug Nain rugs are constructed using the Persian knot and can be between 300 and 700 knots per inch. The pile is usually very high quality wool, clipped short and silk is most usually used as highlighting for parts of the detailing in the design.
Nain Rouge The Nain Rouge, French for "red dwarf" or "red gnome," is a mythical creature that haunts Detroit, Michigan, United States and feared by its residents as "the harbinger of doom." Its appearance is said to presage terrible events for the city.
Nain Singh Nain Singh (नŕĄŕ¤¨ सिंह) was one of the first of the pundits who explored the Himalayas for the British. He mapped the trade route through Nepal to Tibet, determined for the first time the location and altitude of Lhasa, and mapped a large section of the Tsangpo, the major Tibetan river.
Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador Nain is the northernmost town of any size in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located about 370 kilometres by air from Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The town was established as a Moravian mission in 1771 by Jens Haven and other missionaries.
Nainital Nainital (29° 24' N, 79° 28' E) is a town in the Indian state of Uttrakhand and headquarters of Nainital District in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalaya. Situated at an altitude of 1938 m (6,350 ft) above sea-level, Nainital is set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake, approximately 2 miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina (2615 m) on the north, Deopatha (2438 m) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2278 m) on the south.
Nainoa Thompson Charles Nainoa Thompson is a Native Hawaiian navigator and the executive director of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. He is best known as the first Hawaiian to practice the ancient Polynesian art of navigation since the 14th century, having navigated two double-hulled canoes (the Hokulea and the Hawaiiloa) from Hawaii to other island nations in Polynesia without the aid of instruments.
Naiqama Lalabalavu Ratu Naiqama Tawake Lalabalavu is a Fijian Paramount Chief and politician. He was the Minister for Lands and Minister for Mineral Resources in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, prior to his resignation on 7 April 2005.
Nair Nair (Malayalam: നായര്, and sometimes spelt as Nayar) is the name of a Hindu warrior caste in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Nairs are an integral part of Kerala's culture and have a long history.
Nair Service Society The Nair Service Society (NSS) is an organization created for the upliftment and welfare of the Nair community. It is headquartered at Perunna in the town of Changanassery in Kottayam District, Kerala State, India.
Nairi (computer) In 1964, at the Yerevan Research Institute of Mathematical Machines (Armenia) a computer called Nairi was developed and launched into production. In 1965 in the same institute a modified version called "Nairi-M" was developed and in 1967 versions called "Nairi-S" and "Nairi-2" were developed.
Nairi (people) The Nairi were a Late Bronze Age nation corresponding in the territory of the later Kingdom of Urartu, located around Lake Van, in what is now the East Anatolia Region (between Hakkari to Dersim), southeastern Turkey. The Nairi Tac CentralThe Nairi were considered a force strong enough to tackle both the Assyrians and Hittites
Nairn The Royal Burgh of Nairn (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Narann),formally 'North Nairnville,' is a burgh in The Highlands of Scotland, lying about fifteen miles east of Inverness on the coast of the Moray Firth. Nairn, denoting a larger area than just the town, is also an area committee of The Highland Council and a lieutenancy area.
Nairobi Academy Nairobi Academy is a preparatory and secondary school located in Langata, a suburb outside Nairobi, Kenya, between Karen and the Bomas of Kenya. The school caters to ages 2-18 and follows the British System of education, offering English National Curriculum leading to I.
Nairobi Agreement, 1985 The Nairobi Agreement was a peace deal between the Ugandan government of Tito Okello and the National Resistance Army (NRA) rebel group led by Yoweri Museveni. The accords were signed in Nairobi, Kenya in December 1985.
Nairobi Stock Exchange The Nairobi Stock Exchange began in 1954 as an overseas stock exchange while Kenya was still a British colony with permission of the London Stock Exchange. Because under the colonial regime Africans and Asians were restricted from trading, it was difficult to convince native Kenyans of the importance of the exchange after independence.
Naiskos The naiskos (Greek ναÎĎκος, from νάος, "temple") is a small temple in Classical order with columns or pillars and pediment. Often applied as an artificial motif, it is not rare in ancient art.
Naismith College Player of the Year The Naismith College Player of the Year award, named for basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to college basketball's top male and female player. The first award was given to Lew Alcindor, now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in 1969.
Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award The Naismith Prep Player of the Year award, named for Canadian basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to high school basketball's top male and female player. The first awards were given to Dennis Scott and Lynn Lorenzen in 1987.
Naissaar Naissaar (or Nargö in Swedish) is a small island outside Tallinn (but belonging to rural Viimsi Commune), the capital of Estonia. It held a large Swedish minority until World War II, and during Soviet rule it was a military area and off-limit to the public.
Naitasiri (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji) Naitasiri Fijian Provincial Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage).
Naive Bayes classifier A naive Bayes classifier (also known as Idiot's Bayes) is a simple probabilistic classifier based on applying Bayes' theorem with strong (naive) independence assumptions. A more descriptive term for the underlying probability model would be independent feature model.
Naive set theory In abstract mathematics, naive set theory was the first development of set theory, which was later to be framed more carefully as axiomatic set theory. Naive set theory is distinguished from axiomatic set theory by the fact that the former relies on an informal understanding of sets as collections of objects, called the elements or members of the set, whereas the latter uses only those facts about sets and membership provable from definite lists of axioms (derived from our understanding of collections of objects and their members, but framed with care for various purposes, including but not limited to avoiding the known paradoxes).
Naive T cell Naive T cell refers to a T cell that has differentiated in bone marrow, and successfully undergone the positive and negative processes of central selection in the thymus. A naive T cell is considered mature, but is distinguished from activated T cells or memory T cells, as it is thought to not have yet encountered cognate antigen in the periphery.
Naizghi Kiflu Naizghi Kiflu (Ge'ez: ናየዝጊ áŠáŤŤá‰ nÄyĘľizgÄ« kiflĹ«, Tigrinya "Of the Lord," "His part") is an adviser on Local Government Affairs to President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea. He is believed to reside in England due to the dialysis he needs for his kidneys.
Naj Tunich The discovery of Naj Tunich caves, in Poptún southern Petén, Guatemala, in 1980 initiated the interest for Cave Archeology among the Mayanist. Naj Tunich is the preeminent Maya cave site, boasting the most cave architecture ever found, the only elite masonry tombs reported from caves and the largest (and most exceptional) corpus of Maya cave inscriptions and paintings.
Naja Naja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes. They are the most recognized, and most widespread group of snakes commonly known as cobras, even though there are several other genera which also make use of that common name.
Najadales Najadales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system (1981), that used this name for an order in subclass Alismatidae with this circumscription:
Najaf bey Vezirov Najaf bey Vezirov (1854-1926), – prominent playwright, has played an outstanding role in establishment and improvement of the Azeri dramatic art. He is the founder of the realistic tragedy genre, and also is the first Azeri actor, and the first feuilletonist.
Najah Wakim Najah Wakim is the president and one of the founders of the Lebanese leftist group "The People's Movement". He is a Christian Orthodox lawyer who believes in the Nasirist ideology and is attached to the Arab cause.
Najara Najara is a fictional character on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, she is played by Kathryn Morris. Najara is the leader of a cult encountered by Xena and Gabrielle in the 4th season episode "Crusader", in Phoenicia.
Najara family Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Hebrew: × ××’'×רה) was the name of an Oriental Jewish family, originally from Najera, a Spanish city of Navarre, on the River Najerilla. In the history of rabbinical literature Najaras are found at Algiers, Tunis, Damascus, Gaza, etc.
Najd National Schools Najd National Schools () is one of the main schools located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is in the north part of Riyadh and is built in a very famous part of the city; between King Fahd Street and Al Olayya Street which are the most used highways in Riyadh.
Najd Tower Najd Tower is a 340 metre tall, futuristic skyscraper with 82 floors and 496 rooms in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, whose construction started in 2005. However, construction has been put on-hold, and the planned completion date of 2008 is expected to be missed.
Najdat Ismail Anzour Najdat Ismail Anzour is a Syrian television director known for his controversial films broadcasted during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The films are aired by the Dubai based Middle East Broadcasting Corporation and aim to end the terrorism committed by Muslim extremists.
Najee Mondalek Najee Mondalek, writer, producer, actor, director & founder of The AJYAL Theatrical Group. The group was founded in Michigan in 1988 and has successfully toured New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Houston, Chicago, Toledo, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Windsor, Beirut & Sydney.
Naji Hakim Naji Subhy Paul Irénée Hakim, born in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon, is an organist, composer, and improviser of international stature. He was introduced to the organ during his elementary school studies at the Collège du Sacré Cœur in Beirut.
Najib Mohammad Lahassimi Najib Mohammad Lahassimi (also transliterated as Najeb Lahassihi and Najib Lahssini) is a citizen of Morocco who was held for five years in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
Najib Tun Razak Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak (born July 23, 1953, in Kuala Lipis, Pahang) is a Malaysian politician and has been the country's Deputy Prime Minister since January 7, 2004. Najib is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and is currently its Deputy President.
Najlepsze z najgorszych Najlepsze z najgorszych (Polish for the best of the worst) is an compilation vinyl longplay released by Polish punk rock band The Analogs specially for the band's 10th anniversary. It includes new versions of band's songs.
Najmieh Batmanglij Introducing people to the pleasures of Persian cuisine has been a lifelong mission for Najmieh Batmanglij. Her New Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies was called “The definitive book of Persian cooking” by the Los Angeles Times, and her Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey was selected as one of the Vegetarian Cookbooks of 2004 by the New York Times.
Najwa Ghanem Najwa Ghanem is a woman from Syria best known for being the first wife and first cousin of Osama bin Laden. The Scotsman: Bin Laden 'fantasised over' Whitney Houston - Last accessed August 26, 2006 She is the mother of Saad bin Laden, as well as at least 10 more sons.
Naka Bokunen Naka Bokunen (ĺŤĺ‰çť¦ç¨”), born 1953, is an artist from Okinawa, Japan, famous for his brightly-coloured prints of Okinawan landscapes. Many of these prints are of, or inspired by, the island of Izena in the north of Okinawa, where he was born.
Nakagawa (Teshio) District, Hokkaido Nakagawa (Teshio) (ä¸ĺ·ťéˇ(天塩); -gun) is a district located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. A district with the same name exists in Tokachi Subprefecture (see Nakagawa (Tokachi) District, Hokkaido)
Nakagawa (Tokachi) District, Hokkaido Nakagawa (Tokachi) (ä¸ĺ·ťéˇ(ĺŤĺ‹ť); -gun) is a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. There is a district with the same name in Kamikawa Subprefecture, see Nakagawa (Teshio) District, Hokkaido.
Nakagin Capsule Tower Completed in 1972 in Shimbashi, Tokyo, Japan, the Nakagin Capsule Tower designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa has 13 floors which house module units or capsules which are each prefabricated self contained units. Each capsule measures 2.
Nakahama Manjiro Nakahama ManjirĹŤ (ä¸ćż± ä¸‡ć¬ˇéŽ Nakahama ManjirĹŤ, 1827-1898), also known as John Manjiro, was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the Opening of Japan.
Nakai conjecture In mathematics, the Nakai conjecture states that if V is a complex algebraic variety, such that its ring of differential operators is generated by the derivations it contains, then V is a smooth variety. This is the conjectural converse to a result of Alexander Grothendieck.
Nakajima B5N The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: ä¸ĺł¶ B5N, Allied reporting name: Kate) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard torpedo bomber for the first years of World War II. While the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator and Fairey Swordfish, it was close to obsolescence by the time of the Pearl Harbor Attack.
Nakajima G8N The Nakajima G8N "Renzan" (連山, "mountain range") was a land-based bomber designed for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Navy designation was "Type 18 land-based attack aircraft" (一八試陸上攻ć’ć©ź); the Allied code name was "Rita".
Nakajima Ki-115 The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (剣 "Sword") was a one-man kamikaze aircraft developed by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in the closing stages of World War 2 in late 1945. The Imperial Japanese Navy called this aircraft TĹŤka (藤花ă€"Wisteria Blossom").
Nakajima Ki-201 The Nakajima Ki-201 Karyu (Japanese: ä¸ĺł¶ ă‚-201 ç«éľŤ, "Fire Dragon", sometimes transliterated as Karyuu) was a Japanese jet fighter project designed during the final stages of World War II but which was never completed.
Nakajima Ki-43 The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine Falcon") was a single-engined land-based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II. The army designation was "Type 1 Fighter" (一式ć¦é—ć©ź); the Allied codename was Oscar.
Nakajima Kikka The Nakajima Kikka (Japanese: ä¸ĺł¶ ć©čŠ±, "Orange Blossom") was Japan's first jet-powered aircraft. It was developed late in World War II and the first prototype had only flown once before the end of the conflict.
Nakajima, Ishikawa was a town located in Kashima District, Ishikawa, Japan. On October 1, 2004 the town merged with two other towns from Kashima District into the expanded city of Nanao and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Nakakubiki District, Niigata Nakakubiki (ä¸é ¸ĺźŽéˇ; -gun) was a district located in Niigata, Japan. The district was founded in 1878, when the former Kubiki District split into Higashikubiki District, Nakakubiki District, and Nishikubiki District.
Nakamozu Station There are two stations with the name, Nakamozu Station (ä¸ç™ľčŚéłĄé§…, ăŞă‹ă‚‚ăšé§…, Nakamozu eki) in Nakamozucho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Japan. They are on the Nankai Koya Line, the Semboku Rapid Railway (operated by Osaka Prefectural Urban Development Co.
Nakamura (Bandit) Nakamura was a bandit peasant during the 16th century Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. He was the leader of a gang of bandits that were stationed at a minor village called Ogurusu, which was near the area of battle during the Battle of Yamazaki of 1582.
Nakasi Nakasi (Chinese: 那卡西) is an essential traditional popular music form in Taiwan, most stereotypically associated with elements of working-class culture such as the old tea parlors and drinking bars. The term is borrowed from the Japanese word nagashi (ćµă—), which means "flow", but also means accompaniment.
Nakasu Nakasu (ä¸ĺ·ž) is the island entertainment district which exists between the Nakagawa river「那珂川」 and the Hakatagawa「博多川」 in Fukuoka city「福岡市」 Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which existed in the late 18th century.
Nakasuk Nakasuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓇᑲᓱá’) was an Inuk who was born at a sealing camp near Pangnirtung, Nunavut in the early 20th century and grew up around Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour). He assisted a US Navy party wintering on Baffin Island during the 1941-1942 winter to find a suitable location for a US air base.
Nakatomi clan The Nakatomi clan (ä¸č‡Łć°Ź Nakatomi-uji) was an influential clan in Ancient Japan. Along with the Imibe clan, the Nakatomi were one of two priestly clans which oversaw certain important national rites, and one of many to claim descent from divine clan ancestors "only a degree less sublime than the imperial ancestors"Sansom, George (1958).
Nakayama Shimpei Shimpei Nakayama aka Shinpei Nakayama March 22, 1887 ~ December 30, 1952) was a Japanese song writer. He is famous for having written many children's songs that have become deeply embedded in Japanese popular culture.
Nakayama Yoshiko Nakayama Yoshiko (January 1836–October 5, 1907, Japanese ä¸ĺ±±ć…¶ĺ) was a Japanese lady-in-waiting. She was the daughter of Lord Nakayama Tadayasu, sometime minister of the left (sadaijin) and a member of the Fujiwara family.
Nakayoshi is a monthly shĹŤjo manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan which began publication in December 1954. The target demographic for Nakayoshi (like Ribon and Ciao) is young girls in elementary and middle school.
Nakaz Nakaz, or Instruction, of Catherine the Great () was a statement of legal principles authored by Catherine II of Russia, and permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment. It was compiled as a guide for the All-Russian Legislative Commission convened in 1767 for the purpose of replacing the mid-17th-century Muscovite code of laws with a modern law code.
Nakba Day Nakba Day (Arabic: ŮŠŮŮ… النŮبة yawm al-nakba — 15 May)58th anniversary of the Palestinian Catastrophe, Al Bawaba, 3 May 2006. is the annual day of commemoration by the Palestinian people of the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
Naked (book) Naked, published in 1997, is collection of essays by American humorist David Sedaris. The book details Sedaris’ life from his unusual upbringing in Raleigh, North Carolina to his booze-and-drug-infested college years to his Kerouacian wandering as a young adult.
Naked and Sacred Naked and Sacred was Chynna Phillips' debut solo album, and her only solo album to date, released 3 years after her departure from the pop group Wilson Phillips. She was the only member of the group to remain on their label, EMI, after they went on an indefinite break in late 1992.
Naked Beggars Naked Beggars are a rock & roll band featuring Cinderella veterans Jeff LaBar and Eric Brittingham. Founded by Eric's wife Inga along with Kris Casamento, Naked Beggars offer up a choice blend of classic, modern and southern rock with a subtle shot of blues.
Naiad (comics) Mai Miyazaki, the Naiad first appeared in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #90, in which she was revealed to be the elemental of water, in the same league as Firestorm (fire), Red Tornado (air), and Swamp Thing (earth).
Naiad press The Florida based Naiad Press was one of the very first presses dedicated to Lesbian Feminism in the United States. Now part of Bella Books, it gave many of the first writers of lesbian fiction their start, printing lesbian stories when no one else would.
Naica Mine The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, is a working mine that is known for its extraordinary crystals. Naica is a lead and silver mine in which large voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite as large as 4 feet in diameter and 50 feet long.
Naida Cole Naida Cole (born October 28 1974 in Durham, North Carolina, USA) is a pianist. She studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, the Université de Montréal, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and the Fondazione Internazionale per il pianoforte in Cadenabbia, Italy.
Naide Gomes Naide Gomes (full name Enezenaide do Rosario da Vera Cruz Gomes, OIH, born November 20, 1979 in SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe) is a heptathlete. She has lived in Portugal since age 11, and has represented Portugal since 2001.
Naif al-Sheikh Naif al-Sheikh is an Arab superhero in the DC Comics universe and a former member of Justice League Elite. The character was created by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke, and first appears in Justice League Elite #1, September (2004).
Naicho NaichĹŤ (内調, an abbreviation for Naikaku JĹŤhĹŤ ChĹŤsashitsu 内閣 ć…ĺ ± 調査室, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office) is the premier intelligence agency of Japan, reporting directly to the Prime Minister. The agency employs some eighty personnel, whose activities are kept extraordinarily secret.
Naik (military rank) Naik (sometimes historically called Nayak) (Nk) is the equivalent rank to Corporal in the Indian Army and Pakistan Army, and previously in the British Indian Army, ranking between Lance Naik and Havildar. In cavalry units the equivalent is Lance Daffadar.
Naik Mohammedal family of Birote Hazrat Ali the 4th caliph, after the death of his first wife Hadhrat Fatima tuz Zohra, the Daughter of Holy Prophat Muhammad (PBUH) and mother of Imam Huasan and Imam Hussain, married with other women. One of his wives was Khola daughter of Jaafar a tribal chief of Yamama.
Nail (engineering) In engineering, woodworking and construction, a nail is a pin-shaped, sharp object of hard metal, typically steel, used as a fastener. Nails for specialised purposes may also be made of stainless steel, brass or aluminium.
Nail (relic) Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Christ was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians. When Helena, mother of Constantine the Great discovered the True Cross in Jerusalem, the legend was told by and repeated by Sozomen and Theodoret that the Holy Nails had been recovered too.
Nail (unit) A nail, when used as a unit, is usually one sixteenth of a certain base unit. In English usage the most common base units were the foot and the yard for length, the acre for area and the (long) hundredweight for mass.
Nail biting Nail biting is the habit of biting one's fingernails or toenails during periods of nervousness, stress, hunger, or boredom It can also be a sign of mental or emotional disorder. The clinical name for nail biting is chronic onychophagia.
Nail bomb The nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its wounding ability. The nails act as shrapnel, leading almost certainly to greater loss of life and injury in inhabited areas than the explosives alone would.
Nail in the Coffin "Nail in the Coffin" is a diss track released along with "The Sauce" in 2003 by Eminem, directed at Benzino, a rapper who had secretly co-owned The Source for some time. The track is intended as a response to Benzino's "Pull Ya Skirt Up," in which he blames Eminem for screwing up the state of hip hop and portrays him as a tool of the music industry.
Nail's Station Nail's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route and the Texas Road in Indian Territory. Sometimes called Blue River Station or Nail's Crossing, it was located on the east side of Blue River in what is now Bryan County, Oklahoma.
Nailbomb Nailbomb was a band that combined various styles including Metal/Industrial and Punk,formed as side project by Max Cavalera of Sepultura and Soulfly , and Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel and Theory of Ruin. The group played one live performance before disbanding.
Nailea Norvind Nailea Norvind (born on February 16, 1970 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actress of television as well as the critically-acclaimed film Gaby: A True Story. She also lent her voice to play Princess Kida in the Spanish dubbing of Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Nailsea Nailsea is a town in North Somerset, England, about 13 km to the South West of Bristol and about 23 km to the North East of the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare. Nailsea is a commuter town with an approximate population of 18,000.
Nailsea and Backwell railway station Nailsea and Backwell railway station is a station located between the town of Nailsea and the village of Backwell in south-west England. The station is 13 km (8 miles) west of Bristol Temple Meads towards Weston-super-Mare and is managed by First Great Western.
Naim naim is a minimalist messaging and chat program written by Daniel Reed which supports the protocols AIM, ICQ, IRC, and lily (CMC). Unlike most messaging clients, it is not graphical; it runs from the console using the ncurses library.
Naim Frashëri Naim Frashëri (May 25, 1846 Frashër, Albania – October 20, 1900 Kızıltoprak, Kadıköy, Turkey) was an Albanian romantic poet and a prominent figure of the Rilindja Kombëtare, the national renaissance of Albania, together with his two brothers Sami and Abdyl.
Naim SĂĽleymanoÄźlu Naim SĂĽleymanoÄźlu (born January 23, 1967 in Ptichar, Bulgaria), born Naim Suleimanov (), is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting. He won three Olympic Championships, seven World Championships and six European Championships and improved world records 46 times.
Naima Naima is a ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959, and named after his then wife, Juanita Naima Grubb. It first appeared on the album Giant Steps, and is notable for its use of a variety of rich chords over a bass pedal.
Naima Akef Naima Akef (Arabic:نعيمة عاŮŮ) born on 7 October 1929 was a famous Egyptian belly dancer during the Egyptian cinemas golden age and starred in many films of the time. Naima Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta.
Naimans The Naimans (Naiman also means 'eight' in Mongolian) were a Mongol people dwelling on the steppe of central Asia, closely related to the Kara-Khitai, and subservient to them until 1177. Like the Khitai, many of them were Nestorian Christians.
Naimark's problem In mathematics, Naimark's problem is a question in functional analysis. It asks whether every C*-algebra that has only one irreducible representation up to unitary equivalence is isomorphic to the algebra of compact operators on some Hilbert space.
Naimatullah Khan Niamthullah Khan, (born October 1, 1930 Ajmer, British India) was the Nazim of largest city of Pakistan, Karachi from August 2001-June 2005. He did his Graduation from Punjab University, a Masters, a Post Graduate Degree in Journalism and a Law Degree from Karachi University.
Naimee Coleman Naimee Coleman (born December 8, 1976) is a singer/songwriter from Dundrum Dublin, Ireland. She provided the vocals for Cass & Slide's Perception (Vocal Mix) in 2000 and has also done vocals for Aurora UK, most notably on the songs Ordinary World (2000) and Sleeping Satellite (2003).
Naimon Duke Naimon, also called Aymon, Namo, and Namus, is a character in Old French chansons de geste. The son of Doon de Mayence, he is the Duke of Dordogne and the father of four sons, Renaud (Rinaldo), Guiscard, Alard, and Richard, who were part of the tale Les Quatre Fils Aymon or The Four Sons of Aymon.
Nain rug Nain rugs are constructed using the Persian knot and can be between 300 and 700 knots per inch. The pile is usually very high quality wool, clipped short and silk is most usually used as highlighting for parts of the detailing in the design.
Nain Rouge The Nain Rouge, French for "red dwarf" or "red gnome," is a mythical creature that haunts Detroit, Michigan, United States and feared by its residents as "the harbinger of doom." Its appearance is said to presage terrible events for the city.
Nain Singh Nain Singh (नŕĄŕ¤¨ सिंह) was one of the first of the pundits who explored the Himalayas for the British. He mapped the trade route through Nepal to Tibet, determined for the first time the location and altitude of Lhasa, and mapped a large section of the Tsangpo, the major Tibetan river.
Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador Nain is the northernmost town of any size in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located about 370 kilometres by air from Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The town was established as a Moravian mission in 1771 by Jens Haven and other missionaries.
Nainital Nainital (29° 24' N, 79° 28' E) is a town in the Indian state of Uttrakhand and headquarters of Nainital District in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalaya. Situated at an altitude of 1938 m (6,350 ft) above sea-level, Nainital is set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake, approximately 2 miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina (2615 m) on the north, Deopatha (2438 m) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2278 m) on the south.
Nainoa Thompson Charles Nainoa Thompson is a Native Hawaiian navigator and the executive director of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. He is best known as the first Hawaiian to practice the ancient Polynesian art of navigation since the 14th century, having navigated two double-hulled canoes (the Hokulea and the Hawaiiloa) from Hawaii to other island nations in Polynesia without the aid of instruments.
Naiqama Lalabalavu Ratu Naiqama Tawake Lalabalavu is a Fijian Paramount Chief and politician. He was the Minister for Lands and Minister for Mineral Resources in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, prior to his resignation on 7 April 2005.
Nair Nair (Malayalam: നായര്, and sometimes spelt as Nayar) is the name of a Hindu warrior caste in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Nairs are an integral part of Kerala's culture and have a long history.
Nair Service Society The Nair Service Society (NSS) is an organization created for the upliftment and welfare of the Nair community. It is headquartered at Perunna in the town of Changanassery in Kottayam District, Kerala State, India.
Nairi (computer) In 1964, at the Yerevan Research Institute of Mathematical Machines (Armenia) a computer called Nairi was developed and launched into production. In 1965 in the same institute a modified version called "Nairi-M" was developed and in 1967 versions called "Nairi-S" and "Nairi-2" were developed.
Nairi (people) The Nairi were a Late Bronze Age nation corresponding in the territory of the later Kingdom of Urartu, located around Lake Van, in what is now the East Anatolia Region (between Hakkari to Dersim), southeastern Turkey. The Nairi Tac CentralThe Nairi were considered a force strong enough to tackle both the Assyrians and Hittites
Nairn The Royal Burgh of Nairn (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Narann),formally 'North Nairnville,' is a burgh in The Highlands of Scotland, lying about fifteen miles east of Inverness on the coast of the Moray Firth. Nairn, denoting a larger area than just the town, is also an area committee of The Highland Council and a lieutenancy area.
Nairobi Academy Nairobi Academy is a preparatory and secondary school located in Langata, a suburb outside Nairobi, Kenya, between Karen and the Bomas of Kenya. The school caters to ages 2-18 and follows the British System of education, offering English National Curriculum leading to I.
Nairobi Agreement, 1985 The Nairobi Agreement was a peace deal between the Ugandan government of Tito Okello and the National Resistance Army (NRA) rebel group led by Yoweri Museveni. The accords were signed in Nairobi, Kenya in December 1985.
Nairobi Stock Exchange The Nairobi Stock Exchange began in 1954 as an overseas stock exchange while Kenya was still a British colony with permission of the London Stock Exchange. Because under the colonial regime Africans and Asians were restricted from trading, it was difficult to convince native Kenyans of the importance of the exchange after independence.
Naiskos The naiskos (Greek ναÎĎκος, from νάος, "temple") is a small temple in Classical order with columns or pillars and pediment. Often applied as an artificial motif, it is not rare in ancient art.
Naismith College Player of the Year The Naismith College Player of the Year award, named for basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to college basketball's top male and female player. The first award was given to Lew Alcindor, now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in 1969.
Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award The Naismith Prep Player of the Year award, named for Canadian basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to high school basketball's top male and female player. The first awards were given to Dennis Scott and Lynn Lorenzen in 1987.
Naissaar Naissaar (or Nargö in Swedish) is a small island outside Tallinn (but belonging to rural Viimsi Commune), the capital of Estonia. It held a large Swedish minority until World War II, and during Soviet rule it was a military area and off-limit to the public.
Naitasiri (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji) Naitasiri Fijian Provincial Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage).
Naive Bayes classifier A naive Bayes classifier (also known as Idiot's Bayes) is a simple probabilistic classifier based on applying Bayes' theorem with strong (naive) independence assumptions. A more descriptive term for the underlying probability model would be independent feature model.
Naive set theory In abstract mathematics, naive set theory was the first development of set theory, which was later to be framed more carefully as axiomatic set theory. Naive set theory is distinguished from axiomatic set theory by the fact that the former relies on an informal understanding of sets as collections of objects, called the elements or members of the set, whereas the latter uses only those facts about sets and membership provable from definite lists of axioms (derived from our understanding of collections of objects and their members, but framed with care for various purposes, including but not limited to avoiding the known paradoxes).
Naive T cell Naive T cell refers to a T cell that has differentiated in bone marrow, and successfully undergone the positive and negative processes of central selection in the thymus. A naive T cell is considered mature, but is distinguished from activated T cells or memory T cells, as it is thought to not have yet encountered cognate antigen in the periphery.
Naizghi Kiflu Naizghi Kiflu (Ge'ez: ናየዝጊ áŠáŤŤá‰ nÄyĘľizgÄ« kiflĹ«, Tigrinya "Of the Lord," "His part") is an adviser on Local Government Affairs to President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea. He is believed to reside in England due to the dialysis he needs for his kidneys.
Naj Tunich The discovery of Naj Tunich caves, in Poptún southern Petén, Guatemala, in 1980 initiated the interest for Cave Archeology among the Mayanist. Naj Tunich is the preeminent Maya cave site, boasting the most cave architecture ever found, the only elite masonry tombs reported from caves and the largest (and most exceptional) corpus of Maya cave inscriptions and paintings.
Naja Naja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes. They are the most recognized, and most widespread group of snakes commonly known as cobras, even though there are several other genera which also make use of that common name.
Najadales Najadales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system (1981), that used this name for an order in subclass Alismatidae with this circumscription:
Najaf bey Vezirov Najaf bey Vezirov (1854-1926), – prominent playwright, has played an outstanding role in establishment and improvement of the Azeri dramatic art. He is the founder of the realistic tragedy genre, and also is the first Azeri actor, and the first feuilletonist.
Najah Wakim Najah Wakim is the president and one of the founders of the Lebanese leftist group "The People's Movement". He is a Christian Orthodox lawyer who believes in the Nasirist ideology and is attached to the Arab cause.
Najara Najara is a fictional character on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, she is played by Kathryn Morris. Najara is the leader of a cult encountered by Xena and Gabrielle in the 4th season episode "Crusader", in Phoenicia.
Najara family Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Hebrew: × ××’'×רה) was the name of an Oriental Jewish family, originally from Najera, a Spanish city of Navarre, on the River Najerilla. In the history of rabbinical literature Najaras are found at Algiers, Tunis, Damascus, Gaza, etc.
Najd National Schools Najd National Schools () is one of the main schools located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is in the north part of Riyadh and is built in a very famous part of the city; between King Fahd Street and Al Olayya Street which are the most used highways in Riyadh.
Najd Tower Najd Tower is a 340 metre tall, futuristic skyscraper with 82 floors and 496 rooms in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, whose construction started in 2005. However, construction has been put on-hold, and the planned completion date of 2008 is expected to be missed.
Najdat Ismail Anzour Najdat Ismail Anzour is a Syrian television director known for his controversial films broadcasted during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The films are aired by the Dubai based Middle East Broadcasting Corporation and aim to end the terrorism committed by Muslim extremists.
Najee Mondalek Najee Mondalek, writer, producer, actor, director & founder of The AJYAL Theatrical Group. The group was founded in Michigan in 1988 and has successfully toured New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Houston, Chicago, Toledo, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Windsor, Beirut & Sydney.
Naji Hakim Naji Subhy Paul Irénée Hakim, born in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon, is an organist, composer, and improviser of international stature. He was introduced to the organ during his elementary school studies at the Collège du Sacré Cœur in Beirut.
Najib Mohammad Lahassimi Najib Mohammad Lahassimi (also transliterated as Najeb Lahassihi and Najib Lahssini) is a citizen of Morocco who was held for five years in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
Najib Tun Razak Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak (born July 23, 1953, in Kuala Lipis, Pahang) is a Malaysian politician and has been the country's Deputy Prime Minister since January 7, 2004. Najib is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and is currently its Deputy President.
Najlepsze z najgorszych Najlepsze z najgorszych (Polish for the best of the worst) is an compilation vinyl longplay released by Polish punk rock band The Analogs specially for the band's 10th anniversary. It includes new versions of band's songs.
Najmieh Batmanglij Introducing people to the pleasures of Persian cuisine has been a lifelong mission for Najmieh Batmanglij. Her New Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies was called “The definitive book of Persian cooking” by the Los Angeles Times, and her Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey was selected as one of the Vegetarian Cookbooks of 2004 by the New York Times.
Najwa Ghanem Najwa Ghanem is a woman from Syria best known for being the first wife and first cousin of Osama bin Laden. The Scotsman: Bin Laden 'fantasised over' Whitney Houston - Last accessed August 26, 2006 She is the mother of Saad bin Laden, as well as at least 10 more sons.
Naka Bokunen Naka Bokunen (ĺŤĺ‰çť¦ç¨”), born 1953, is an artist from Okinawa, Japan, famous for his brightly-coloured prints of Okinawan landscapes. Many of these prints are of, or inspired by, the island of Izena in the north of Okinawa, where he was born.
Nakagawa (Teshio) District, Hokkaido Nakagawa (Teshio) (ä¸ĺ·ťéˇ(天塩); -gun) is a district located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. A district with the same name exists in Tokachi Subprefecture (see Nakagawa (Tokachi) District, Hokkaido)
Nakagawa (Tokachi) District, Hokkaido Nakagawa (Tokachi) (ä¸ĺ·ťéˇ(ĺŤĺ‹ť); -gun) is a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. There is a district with the same name in Kamikawa Subprefecture, see Nakagawa (Teshio) District, Hokkaido.
Nakagin Capsule Tower Completed in 1972 in Shimbashi, Tokyo, Japan, the Nakagin Capsule Tower designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa has 13 floors which house module units or capsules which are each prefabricated self contained units. Each capsule measures 2.
Nakahama Manjiro Nakahama ManjirĹŤ (ä¸ćż± ä¸‡ć¬ˇéŽ Nakahama ManjirĹŤ, 1827-1898), also known as John Manjiro, was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the Opening of Japan.
Nakai conjecture In mathematics, the Nakai conjecture states that if V is a complex algebraic variety, such that its ring of differential operators is generated by the derivations it contains, then V is a smooth variety. This is the conjectural converse to a result of Alexander Grothendieck.
Nakajima B5N The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: ä¸ĺł¶ B5N, Allied reporting name: Kate) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard torpedo bomber for the first years of World War II. While the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator and Fairey Swordfish, it was close to obsolescence by the time of the Pearl Harbor Attack.
Nakajima G8N The Nakajima G8N "Renzan" (連山, "mountain range") was a land-based bomber designed for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Navy designation was "Type 18 land-based attack aircraft" (一八試陸上攻ć’ć©ź); the Allied code name was "Rita".
Nakajima Ki-115 The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (剣 "Sword") was a one-man kamikaze aircraft developed by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in the closing stages of World War 2 in late 1945. The Imperial Japanese Navy called this aircraft TĹŤka (藤花ă€"Wisteria Blossom").
Nakajima Ki-201 The Nakajima Ki-201 Karyu (Japanese: ä¸ĺł¶ ă‚-201 ç«éľŤ, "Fire Dragon", sometimes transliterated as Karyuu) was a Japanese jet fighter project designed during the final stages of World War II but which was never completed.
Nakajima Ki-43 The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine Falcon") was a single-engined land-based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II. The army designation was "Type 1 Fighter" (一式ć¦é—ć©ź); the Allied codename was Oscar.
Nakajima Kikka The Nakajima Kikka (Japanese: ä¸ĺł¶ ć©čŠ±, "Orange Blossom") was Japan's first jet-powered aircraft. It was developed late in World War II and the first prototype had only flown once before the end of the conflict.
Nakajima, Ishikawa was a town located in Kashima District, Ishikawa, Japan. On October 1, 2004 the town merged with two other towns from Kashima District into the expanded city of Nanao and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Nakakubiki District, Niigata Nakakubiki (ä¸é ¸ĺźŽéˇ; -gun) was a district located in Niigata, Japan. The district was founded in 1878, when the former Kubiki District split into Higashikubiki District, Nakakubiki District, and Nishikubiki District.
Nakamozu Station There are two stations with the name, Nakamozu Station (ä¸ç™ľčŚéłĄé§…, ăŞă‹ă‚‚ăšé§…, Nakamozu eki) in Nakamozucho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Japan. They are on the Nankai Koya Line, the Semboku Rapid Railway (operated by Osaka Prefectural Urban Development Co.
Nakamura (Bandit) Nakamura was a bandit peasant during the 16th century Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. He was the leader of a gang of bandits that were stationed at a minor village called Ogurusu, which was near the area of battle during the Battle of Yamazaki of 1582.
Nakasi Nakasi (Chinese: 那卡西) is an essential traditional popular music form in Taiwan, most stereotypically associated with elements of working-class culture such as the old tea parlors and drinking bars. The term is borrowed from the Japanese word nagashi (ćµă—), which means "flow", but also means accompaniment.
Nakasu Nakasu (ä¸ĺ·ž) is the island entertainment district which exists between the Nakagawa river「那珂川」 and the Hakatagawa「博多川」 in Fukuoka city「福岡市」 Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which existed in the late 18th century.
Nakasuk Nakasuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓇᑲᓱá’) was an Inuk who was born at a sealing camp near Pangnirtung, Nunavut in the early 20th century and grew up around Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour). He assisted a US Navy party wintering on Baffin Island during the 1941-1942 winter to find a suitable location for a US air base.
Nakatomi clan The Nakatomi clan (ä¸č‡Łć°Ź Nakatomi-uji) was an influential clan in Ancient Japan. Along with the Imibe clan, the Nakatomi were one of two priestly clans which oversaw certain important national rites, and one of many to claim descent from divine clan ancestors "only a degree less sublime than the imperial ancestors"Sansom, George (1958).
Nakayama Shimpei Shimpei Nakayama aka Shinpei Nakayama March 22, 1887 ~ December 30, 1952) was a Japanese song writer. He is famous for having written many children's songs that have become deeply embedded in Japanese popular culture.
Nakayama Yoshiko Nakayama Yoshiko (January 1836–October 5, 1907, Japanese ä¸ĺ±±ć…¶ĺ) was a Japanese lady-in-waiting. She was the daughter of Lord Nakayama Tadayasu, sometime minister of the left (sadaijin) and a member of the Fujiwara family.
Nakayoshi is a monthly shĹŤjo manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan which began publication in December 1954. The target demographic for Nakayoshi (like Ribon and Ciao) is young girls in elementary and middle school.
Nakaz Nakaz, or Instruction, of Catherine the Great () was a statement of legal principles authored by Catherine II of Russia, and permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment. It was compiled as a guide for the All-Russian Legislative Commission convened in 1767 for the purpose of replacing the mid-17th-century Muscovite code of laws with a modern law code.
Nakba Day Nakba Day (Arabic: ŮŠŮŮ… النŮبة yawm al-nakba — 15 May)58th anniversary of the Palestinian Catastrophe, Al Bawaba, 3 May 2006. is the annual day of commemoration by the Palestinian people of the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
Naked (book) Naked, published in 1997, is collection of essays by American humorist David Sedaris. The book details Sedaris’ life from his unusual upbringing in Raleigh, North Carolina to his booze-and-drug-infested college years to his Kerouacian wandering as a young adult.
Naked and Sacred Naked and Sacred was Chynna Phillips' debut solo album, and her only solo album to date, released 3 years after her departure from the pop group Wilson Phillips. She was the only member of the group to remain on their label, EMI, after they went on an indefinite break in late 1992.
Naked Beggars Naked Beggars are a rock & roll band featuring Cinderella veterans Jeff LaBar and Eric Brittingham. Founded by Eric's wife Inga along with Kris Casamento, Naked Beggars offer up a choice blend of classic, modern and southern rock with a subtle shot of blues.
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