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Nancy Lancaster Nancy Lancaster (September 10, 1897 – August 19, 1994) , though not a landscape architect, was a noted 20th-century tastemaker and the owner of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, an influential British decorating firm that codified what is known as the English country-house look.
Nancy Lee Grahn Nancy Lee Grahn (born April 28, 1956 in Skokie, Illinois) is an actress who has starred in such soap operas as Santa Barbara as Julia Wainwright Capwell from 1985 to 1993 and General Hospital as Alexis Davis since 1996. She attended the University of Illinois.
Nancy Lenehan Nancy Lenehan is an American actress who currently has a recurring role on NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl as Earl's mother. She also co-starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom Married to the Kellys and has guest starred in a number of notable television series.
Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez (born January 6, 1957 in Torrance, California) is one of the most accomplished women in the history of professional women's golf. She won the United States Girls Junior Amateur Golf Championship in 1972 and again in 1974.
Nancy Lynch Professor Nancy Lynch is the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering in the EECS department and heads the Theory of Distributed Systems research group at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of numerous research articles about distributed algorithms and impossibility results, and about formal modeling and validation of distributed systems.
Nancy Lyons Beatrice "Nancy" Lyons (born April 12 1930), known after marriage as Beatrice Welch, was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s, who won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Nancy Malone Nancy Malone (born March 19, 1935 in Queens Village, Long Island, New York) is an American television actress, principally in guest roles from the 1950s to 1970s, who moved into producing and directing in the 1980s and 1990s.
Nancy Martinez Nancy Martinez (born August 26, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is an international Dance-pop music music artist who is primarily known for her 1986 hit "For Tonight" and "Move Out". The song is still in rotation at many dance music radio stations throughout the country.
Nancy Meyers Nancy Jane Meyers (Born December 8, 1949 in Pennsylvania, USA) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She is often referred to as the most important female writer/director in Hollywood because of the desirable roles she creates for older actresses.
Nancy Millis Dr Nancy Fannie Millis (born April 10 1922) is an Australian microbiologist, she introduced fermentation technologies to Australia, and created the first applied microbiology course taught in an Australian university.
Nancy Nadel Nancy Nadel is a United States politician. She is a member of the Oakland, California City Council, representing District 3 (West Oakland, most of Downtown Oakland including the Lakeside Apartments District, Pill Hill, and Adams Point).
Nancy Newhall Nancy Wynne Newhall (May 9, 1908–July 7, 1974) was an American photography critic. She is best known for writing the text to accompany photographs by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, but was also a widely published writer on photography, conservation, and American culture.
Nancy Overton Nancy Swain Overton formed a singing group with sister Jean Swain and two college friends, Bix Brent and Pauli Skindlov in 1946. The group toured with orchestra leader Tommy Tucker for 6 months on the road, known as Tommy Tucker's Two Timers recording "Maybe You'll Be There" with Tommy and his lead singer Don Brown.
Nancy Pearl Nancy Pearl (born January 12 1945) is a librarian, best-selling author, book reviewer and was, until August 2004, the Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library.Rebekah Denn, Nancy Pearl trading the quiet confines of the library for a life of leisure, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 2, 2004.
Nancy Pimental Nancy Marie Pimental is one of the writers of South Park and the movie The Sweetest Thing. She also replaced Jimmy Kimmel as co-host of the Comedy Central game show Win Ben Stein's Money, a job she held from 2000 through 2001, when Sal Iacono replaced her.
Nancy Reagan Defense The Nancy Reagan Defense is a tactic in corporate finance used to counter a takeover or merger bidder who has made a formal bid to shareholders to buy their shares. When the board of directors of the target company meets to consider the bid, they "just say no.
Nancy Roman Nancy Grace Roman (born on May 16, 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American astronomer. Throughout her career, Roman has also been an active public speaker and educator, and an advocate for women in the sciences.
Nancy Rosen Nancy Rosen has created a variety of public art, especially temporary exhibitions of outdoor sculpture. In 1980, she founded Nancy Rosen Incorporated, a non-profit organization which plans and implements public art programs and collections.
Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of popular singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".
Nancy Sit Nancy Sit (Traditional Chinese: 薛家燕, born 1950) is a Hong Kong actress on the TVB network. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside Connie Chan Po-chu and Josephine Siao.
Nancy Soderberg Nancy Soderberg is an American foreign policy strategist who held several senior level positions in the Clinton Administration and and authored the book The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might (ISBN 0-471-78964-X).
Nancy Spungen Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the girlfriend of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious. Spungen has been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols.
Nancy Stafford Nancy Elizabeth Stafford (born June 5, 1954) is an American actress who has portrayed numerous characters on television, among them Michelle Thomas, an associate of Ben Matlock, Judge Bell on Judging Amy and Patricia Blake on Sidekicks.
Nancy Steinbeck Nancy Steinbeck is the co-author of the dual memoir The Other Side of Eden which inclues the posthumous autobiography of John Steinbeck IV, son of the beloved American author. Writer Magazine named the book among the top ten for 2001.
Nancy Stephens Nancy Stephens, (born in 1951), is an American actress who starred in many familiar films and television shows. She is best known for her appearances in John Carpenter films; her most well-known being in the 1978 hit horror movie Halloween as Nurse Marion Chambers.
Nancy Sweetnam Nancy Sweetnam (born August 14, 1973 in Lindsay, Ontario) is a former international medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in seventh place in the 200m Individual Medley, and in 13th in the 400m Individual Medley.
Nancy Vandal Nancy Vandal was a band from Sydney, Australia that performed from 1993 to 2001 and had a reunion performance in 2003. It was initially called Hard Axe To Follow, then Nancy Vandal and the Popgun Assassins, but the last part of the name was later dropped.
Nancy Varian Berberick Nancy Varian Berberick (born 1951) is an American fantasy author well known for her work in the Dragonlance series. She has written eight fantasy novels, four of which have been in the Dragonlance saga, and numerous short stories.
Nancy Verrier Nancy Verrier is an American psychotherapist, author, lecturer and adoptive parent. She is perhaps best known for work in the areas of adoption and adoption reform, and has published two widely regarded books concerning the psychopathology of adoption.
Nancy Wake Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM, LĂ©gion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre(x3), (born August 30, 1912), was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II who fought alongside the maquis groups of the French Resistance.
Nancy Walker Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress. She was sometimes mistaken for being Jewish (likely due to her having played one of the most famous "Jewish mothers" in film or television history), but she was not Jewish.
Nancy Walton Laurie Nancy Walton Laurie is the daughter of the late Bud Walton, the brother and business partner of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. At Bud's death, she and her sister Ann Walton Kroenke inherited a stake in Wal-Mart now worth over USD$6 billion.
Nancy Ward Nanye-hi ("One Who Goes About"), known in English as Nancy Ward (c. 1738–1822 or 1824) was a ghighua, or "beloved woman" of the Cherokee nation, which meant that she was allowed to sit in councils and to make decisions, along with the other Beloved Women, on pardons.
Nancy Weber Nancy Weber (born Hartford, Connecticut, 1942) is an American writer known primarily for her non-fiction work The Life Swap (1974; re-issued 2006). Her twenty-some other books include The Playgroup (1982) and Brokenhearted (1989), both speculative novels with medical themes, and eight romances written under the byline Jennifer Rose.
Nancy Weir Australian pianist Nancy Mary Weir was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 13th July 1915. Her father was a publican who ran a small hotel in Lockhart, near Wagga Wagga, and Nancy grew up "behind the bar" as she said.
Nancy Werlin Nancy Werlin is an American author of young adult novels. She was a National Book Award nominee for The Rules of Survival, an Edgar award winner for The Killer's Cousin and an Edgar award finalist for Locked Inside.
Nancy Workman Nancy Workman was the first county mayor of Salt Lake County Utah and a member of the Republican Party. She was born December 9, 1940 in Pueblo, Colorado, but grew up in Boise, Idaho where her father was an automobile dealer.
Nancy Zieman Nancy Zieman is the TV host of Sewing with Nancy, a half-hour TV show broadcast since September, 1982, making it the longest-airing sewing program on television. Nancy has been the host and executive producer since its inauguration and has inspired millions of sewers, quilters, and machine embroiderers with her how-to format which concentrates on step-by-step instructions.
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle Nancy-Ann DeParle (born about 1957) is an American expert on health care issues. She served as the director of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) from 1997 to 2000, and the Office of Management and Budget before then.
Nancye Wynne Bolton Nancye Wynne Bolton (born December 2, 1916 – died November 9, 2001) was a female tennis player from Australia. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Smith Court who won 11 titles.
Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan (Nandu Bhaiya) Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan (born 8 September, 1952) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Khandwa constituency of Madhya Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Nand Singh Nand Singh (24 September 1914- 12 December 1947) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Nanda (Buddhism) Nanda was a half-brother of the Buddha, the son of Ĺšuddhodana and Maha Pajapati Gotami. He had a reputation as a handsome man, and was going to be married to Janapadakalyani, when the Buddha enticed him to become a monk on the day of his wedding.
Nanda Devi National Park The Nanda Devi National Park is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7,800 m) in Uttarakhand in India. It was established as national park in 1982 and was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988 It covers 630.
Nanda Devi Raj Jat Nanda Dev Raj Jat is a Hindu pilgrimage stretching 280 km through the Central Himalayas. Held in the months of August/September every 12 years, it starts in the middle Himalayas and traverses alpine meadows finally ending in the Himalayan Tundra region.
Nanda Kandasamy Nanda Kandasamy(Geevan) is a self-taught artist whose deep desire to paint was fuelled by strong emotions and impressions associated with the violence he witnessed in Sri Lanka beset by war. Expression through art was, in itself, his form of protest in a climate of silence and fear.
Nanda Lwin Nanda Layos Lwin (born August 31, 1971 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian author, music historian, journalist, and educator. He writes the weekly ChartTalk column, a commentary of the current Canadian music charts; it appeared on canoe.
Nandalal Bose The paintings of Nandalal Bose are considered among India's best modern paintings by many critics. Influenced by the Tagore family (he ran the art department of Shantiniketan) and the murals of Ajanta, his classic works include paintings of scenes from Indian mythologies, women, and village life.
Nandaprayag Nandaprayag (also spelt Nandprayag and Nand Prayag) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. Nandaprayag lies at the confluence of Alaknanda River and a distributary of Mandakini River.
Nanded Nanded (Marathi: नांदेड) is a the second largest city in Marathwada region of Maharashtra state of India. Nanded is also district headquarter of Nanded District in Marathwada region or Aurangabad revenue division.
Nandi bull Nandi/Nandhi (Sanskrit: नंद), a hindu god, is the bull which Lord Siva rides and the gate keeper of the Shiva according to Hindu mythology. An idol of Nandi facing the main shrine will be seen in every Siva temple .
Nandi Hills, Kenya Nandi Hills is a highland area in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya, known for its tea estates, and home to many world-renowned athletes, including Kip Keino, Henry Rono and Mike Boit. There is also a small town named Nandi Hills.
Nandi people The Nandi is a Kenyan ethnic group or tribe living in the highland areas of the Nandi Hills in Rift Valley Province; they form a sub-group of the Kalenjin. Before British colonization, they were sedentary cattle-herders, sometimes also practicing agriculture; their settlements were more or less evenly distributed rather than being grouped into villages.
Nandika Ranjith Nandika Ranjith is a cricketer who has represented Sri Lanka 'A' & who currently plays his club cricket for Tickhill CC in the South Yorkshire League. In his first season at Tickhill he has helped the club lift the Mick Savage Cup & reach the final of the Rotherham Evening League Cup.
Nandikishore Patel Nandikishore Patel, also known as Nand Kishore (born Shukhbar, 21 January 1982) is an Indian-born Ugandan cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium-fast bowler, he played six matches for Uganda in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland, and has made four first-class appearances for them in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
Nandina Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo or Sacred bamboo), is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae; it is a monotypic genus, with this species as its only member. It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan.
Nando Parrado Fernando Seler "Nando" Parrado (December 9, 1949 - ) is one of the sixteen Uruguayan survivors of the airplane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972. After spending two months trapped in the mountains with the other crash survivors, he, along with Roberto Canessa, climbed through the Andes mountains over a ten day period to find help.
Nandor Nevai Nandor "Nondor" Nevai is a percussionist, vocalist and composer covertly based near Death Valley, California, USA. His oeuvre includes orchestral improvisation, new-wave/20s revival and trucker music, but concentrates most devotedly on progressive heavy metal, his primary instrumental voice being the string quartet with vocal and percussion obligato, though no scores have been recorded in this capacity except in approximation by the Miami Beach third stream trio _, of which he is a member.
Nandor Tanczos Nándor Steven Tánczos (born 1966), a member of the New Zealand Parliament since 1999, represents the Green Party as a list MP. He briefly lost his seat in the 2005 General Election, but ranked next on the party list and agreed to rejoin Parliament following the sudden death of Rod Donald just prior to the first sitting of Parliament.
Nandrolone Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid occurring naturally in the human body, albeit in small quantities. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester (Deca-Durabolin) and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester (Durabolin).
Nandyal Nandyal is a town and a municipality in Kurnool district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town has a unique place in India since it is the only Parliamentary constituency which produced a President, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and a Prime Minister, P.
Nane Maria Annan Nane Maria Annan, (Nane Lagergren) is a Swedish lawyer and artist who is the half-niece of Raoul Wallenberg, she is married to Kofi Annan who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2006. On January 1, 2007
Nangpa La killings On September 30, 2006 75 Tibetan refugees, among them many young children, and their 2 guides were trying to enter Nepal via the Himalayan Nangpa La pass (5,700m). Chinese Border Security soldiers opened fire on the group and killed Kelsang Namtso, a 17 year old nun, just before the pass.
Nanguan Nanguan ([pinyin: nánguǎn; literally "southern pipe"; also called nanyin (南音), nanyue (南樂), or nanqu (南曲)) is a traditional musical genre originating in the Fujian] (福建) province of [[China. It has ancient roots believed to trace back to the Tang Dynasty.
Nanguen (LUTECE™) One of the last Dutch hybrid cultivars to be released, Nanguen (LUTECE™) is a complex fourth generation tree with an ancestry comprising six varieties of Field Elm U. minor, the Exeter Elm (a curious variety of the Wych Elm U.
Nangun The Nangun () is a variation of the application of the "northern Chinese staff", which is nowadays featured in contemporary wushu exercises and forms. It is based on staff techniques coming from Southern Chinese martial arts.
Nangus, New South Wales Nangus is a small country village on the Nangus to Gundagai Road, approximately 20 kilometres due west of Gundagai in the Riverina area of Australia and in Gundagai Shire. The population within a 7 kilometre radius is approximately 193 persons.
Nanhai Chao "Nanhai Chao" (), or "Southern Sea Tides", is a Cantonese song of sung by Overseas Chinese. Its melody is based on the folk songs of the boat people in the Pearl River Delta and its adjacent coasts.
Nanchang J-12 The NAMC J-12 (NATO reporting name unknown, if any) was a lightweight supersonic fighter built in the People's Republic of China for use by the PLAAF. It was one of first serious attempts taken by Chinese aircraft manufacturers to develop a modern jet fighter of indigenous design.
Nanchong Nanchong ( ) is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, China and lies about 2 hours northeast by car from Sichuan's capital city, Chengdu via the Chengnan expressway. The municipality has a population of some 7 million people and is rapidly developing.
Nania Kurniawati Yusuf Nania Kurniawati Yusuf (born September 1 1983 in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia) is an Indonesian singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Indonesian Idol, the Indonesian version of Pop Idol, shown by RCTI. Indra Lesmana, one of the judges, was charmed by her jazzy singing style.
Nanise Nagusuca Nanise Nagusuca (born 1953) is a Fijian politician, who was elected to the House of Representatives in a special election on December 11 2004. The byelection for the North East Urban Fijian Communal constituency (one of 23 seats reserved for ethnic Fijians) was held to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Filimone Banuve, the previous member.
Nanisivik, Nunavut Nanisivik is a community located just inland from Strathcona Sound, near the community of Arctic Bay in Canada's Nunavut Territory. The community was established to service the lead-zinc mine, but is now being abandoned.
Naniwa Kawashima Naniwa Kawashima (Japanese:川島浪速) (1865-1949), a member of the Japanese spy network in Manchuria and close friend of to Shanqi, the 10th of hereditary Prince Su (肅親王) of the Manchu imperial family, who had inherited the allegiance of the tribes of Inner Mongolia. Prince Su was a close friend of Japan's Empress uncle, Prince Kanin.
Nanjing (Chinese: 南京; Romanizations: Nánjīng (Pinyin), Nan-ching (Wade-Giles), Nanking (Postal map spelling)) is the capital of China's Jiangsu Province and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. Nanjing has served as the capital of China during several historical periods, and is listed as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.
Nanjing anti-African protests The Nanjing Anti-African protests were mass demonstrations and riots against African students in Nanjing, China, which lasted from December 1988, to the following January. They were a precursor to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Chinese: 南京汽车集团有é™ĺ…¬ĺŹ¸) (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, China's oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. The group occupies an area of 4,000,000 m², has fixed assets amounting to RMB 12 billion and an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles.
Nanjing decade The Nanjing decade or Nanking decade ran from 1927 to 1937 in the history of the Republic of China. It began when Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek took the city from Zhili clique warlord Sun Chuanfang halfway through the Northern Expedition.
Nanjing Foreign Language School Nanjing Foreign Language School, or NFLS, also may spell as Nanjing Foreign Languages School(Simplified Chinese: 南京外国čŻĺ¦ć ˇďĽŚnickname Nan-Wai 南外) is a high school located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. Founded by PRC's first premier (prime minister) Mr.
Nanjing Incident The Nanjing Incident (Nanking Incident, using Postal Map Romanization), not to be confused with the Nanking Massacre, occurred during the first phase of the Northern Expedition starting on March 21st 1927 and going through the 23rd. As Kuomintang troops neared and entered the city, which had many foreign residents, the Kuomintang troops targeted and looted foreign properties, doing much damage and killing and injuring many foreign personnel.
Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region is one of seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai.
Nanjing Museum Nanjing Museum (Pinyin: Nánjīng Bówuyuán, Simplified Chinese: 南京博物院) is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on East Zhongshan Road, about 3km from the Xinjiekou traffic circle to the east, just inside Zhongshan Gate. It is one of the largest museums in China.
Nanjing Radio Nanjing Radio (Group), (Chinese: 江南广ć’网, Pinying: Jiang Nan Guangbo Wang, translated as "South River Broadcasting Station") is a family of radio stations that serve the Nanjing China area. It is also associated with the Nanjing Television Broadcast Group.
Nanjing University Nanjing University (Chinese: 南京大ĺ¸/南京大ĺ¦; Pinyin: NánjÄ«ng DĂ xuĂ©; colloquially 南大, Pinyin: NándĂ ) is located in Nanjing (Nanking), an ancient capital of China. It was established as a college under the new educational system in 1902 and became the first modern Chinese university in the early 1920s.
Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Nanjing University of Finance & Economics (NUFE, Pinyin: NánjÄ«ng CáijÄ«ng DĂ xuĂ©, Simplified Chinese: 南京财经大ĺ¦), colloquially Cai Da (Pinyin: Cái DĂ , Simplified Chinese: 财大) or Nan Cai (Pinyin: Nán Cái, Simplified Chinese: 南财) is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. The university specializes in financial and economic disciplines but also focuses on engineering, law, liberal arts, and science.
Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing University of Science and Technology or NUST(南京ç†ĺ·Ąĺ¤§ĺ¦, Pinyin NánjÄ«ng LÇgĹŤng DĂ xuĂ©; colloquially 南ç†ĺ·Ą, Pinyin NánLÇgĹŤng) is a science-oriented university located in the east suburban area of Nanjing, China. Founded in 1953, the university places emphasis on both education and research, and is among the universities listed in the national 211 Project.
Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing University of Technology (Abbreviation: NJUT; Simplified: 南京工业大ĺ¦; Pinyin: NánjÄ«ng GĹŤngyè DĂ xĂşe), colloquially known as Gong Da (工大), is a university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. The university specializes in engineering, however, like many other Chinese universities, English language courses are compulsory.
Nanjing Yuejin Soyat The Soyat is a small family hatchback built by the Wuxi Soyat Branch of Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation. The car is based on the early ('System Porsche') version of the SEAT Ibiza, the technology which was bought in a joint venture between Nanjing Yuejin and the Malaysian Lion Group.
Nanjiro Echizen Nanjiro Echizen (越前 ĺŤ—ć¬ˇéŽ Echizen NanjirĹŤ) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series The Prince of Tennis. His name is spelled Nanjiro Echizen in the English manga and Nanjirou Echizen in Roman characters in the Japanese version of the anime.
Nanjizal Nanjizal is a beach and cove situated one mile to the south-east of Land's End, Cornwall, UK Picture . Nanjizal has no direct access via road and is usually reached via the South West Coast Path Walking from Land's End, and so is often very quiet.
Nanjo, Okinawa Nanjō (南城市 -shi) is a city in the southern part of Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was formed on January 12006, when the town of Sashiki and the villages of Chinen, Tamagusuku, and Ōzato, all in Shimajiri District, merged.
Nanjung Ilgi Nanjung Ilgi (Korean: 난중일기; äş‚ä¸ć—Ąč¨) or War Diary is the personal diary of Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin (Korean: ěť´ěśě‹ ; 李čśč‡Ł) during the Joseon Dynasty. It was written between January 1, 1592 and November 17, 1598 by the Admiral himself.
Nankai Nankai () refers to the series of schools founded in China by the patriotic-educationists Zhang Boling (ĺĽ äĽŻč‹“) (1876-1951) and Yan Fansun (严čŚĺ™) (1860-1920). The schools mainly comprise Tianjin Nankai Zhongxue (天津南开ä¸ĺ¦)(1904), Nankai University (南开大ĺ¦)(1919), Chongqing Nankai Zhongxue (重庆南开ä¸ĺ¦) (1936) (during the World War II moved from Tianjin) and others.
Nankai Cheng Nankai Cheng, literally Nankai Castle or Nankai City (Simplified Chinese: 南开城; Traditional Chinese: 南開城; pinyin: NánkÄi ChĂ©ng) is a commercial pedestrian street owned by Chongqing Nankai Zhongxue (Chongqing Nankai Middle School). It is located in Chenjiawan, Shapingba Chongqing, China.
Nankai Main Line is the railroad route of Nankai Electric Railway connecting Osaka, Sakai, Kishiwada, Izumisano, Misaki, and Wakayama. The name of the line is not "the Main Line" but "the Nankai Main Line".
Nankan Nankan (南竿鄉 Pinyin: NángÄn) is one of the Matsu Islands and the capital township of Lienchiang County (which coincides geographically with the Matsus). It is a portion of the Fujian Province that is controlled by the Republic of China.
Nankana Sahib Nankana Sahib, also known as Raipur and Rai-Bhoi-di-Talwandi is a small town in the Pakistani province of Punjab with a population of almost 60,000 World Gazetteer estimate for Nankana Sahib. The town is located about 75 kilometres west of Lahore and is famous as the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion.
Nankeen Nankeen, also called Nankeen cloth, refers to a particular type of cotton cloth, manufacturing of which originated in Nanking region of China. Nankeen cloth is yellowish in color due to the yellow variety of cotton used in manufacturing it.
Nanking Massacre The Nanking massacre, commonly known as "The Rape of Nanking," is an infamous war crime committed by the Japanese military carried out by Japanese troops in and around Nanjing (also known in English as Nanking), China, after it fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on December 13, 1937. The duration of the massacre is not clearly defined, although the period of carnage lasted well into the next six weeks, until early February 1938.
Nanking Safety Zone The Nanking Safety Zone (; Japanese: 南京安全区 Nankin Anzenku, 南京安全地帯, Nankin Anzenchitai) was a demilitarised zone for Chinese civilians set up on the Eve of the Japanese breakthrough in the Battle of Nanking (November 22, 1937). Following the example of Jesuit Father Robert Jacquinot de Besange in Shanghai, the foreigners in Nanking created the Nanking Safety Zone, managed by the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee led by German businessman and Nazi party member John Rabe.
Nancy Lee Grahn Nancy Lee Grahn (born April 28, 1956 in Skokie, Illinois) is an actress who has starred in such soap operas as Santa Barbara as Julia Wainwright Capwell from 1985 to 1993 and General Hospital as Alexis Davis since 1996. She attended the University of Illinois.
Nancy Lenehan Nancy Lenehan is an American actress who currently has a recurring role on NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl as Earl's mother. She also co-starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom Married to the Kellys and has guest starred in a number of notable television series.
Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez (born January 6, 1957 in Torrance, California) is one of the most accomplished women in the history of professional women's golf. She won the United States Girls Junior Amateur Golf Championship in 1972 and again in 1974.
Nancy Lynch Professor Nancy Lynch is the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering in the EECS department and heads the Theory of Distributed Systems research group at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of numerous research articles about distributed algorithms and impossibility results, and about formal modeling and validation of distributed systems.
Nancy Lyons Beatrice "Nancy" Lyons (born April 12 1930), known after marriage as Beatrice Welch, was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s, who won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Nancy Malone Nancy Malone (born March 19, 1935 in Queens Village, Long Island, New York) is an American television actress, principally in guest roles from the 1950s to 1970s, who moved into producing and directing in the 1980s and 1990s.
Nancy Martinez Nancy Martinez (born August 26, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is an international Dance-pop music music artist who is primarily known for her 1986 hit "For Tonight" and "Move Out". The song is still in rotation at many dance music radio stations throughout the country.
Nancy Meyers Nancy Jane Meyers (Born December 8, 1949 in Pennsylvania, USA) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She is often referred to as the most important female writer/director in Hollywood because of the desirable roles she creates for older actresses.
Nancy Millis Dr Nancy Fannie Millis (born April 10 1922) is an Australian microbiologist, she introduced fermentation technologies to Australia, and created the first applied microbiology course taught in an Australian university.
Nancy Nadel Nancy Nadel is a United States politician. She is a member of the Oakland, California City Council, representing District 3 (West Oakland, most of Downtown Oakland including the Lakeside Apartments District, Pill Hill, and Adams Point).
Nancy Newhall Nancy Wynne Newhall (May 9, 1908–July 7, 1974) was an American photography critic. She is best known for writing the text to accompany photographs by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, but was also a widely published writer on photography, conservation, and American culture.
Nancy Overton Nancy Swain Overton formed a singing group with sister Jean Swain and two college friends, Bix Brent and Pauli Skindlov in 1946. The group toured with orchestra leader Tommy Tucker for 6 months on the road, known as Tommy Tucker's Two Timers recording "Maybe You'll Be There" with Tommy and his lead singer Don Brown.
Nancy Pearl Nancy Pearl (born January 12 1945) is a librarian, best-selling author, book reviewer and was, until August 2004, the Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library.Rebekah Denn, Nancy Pearl trading the quiet confines of the library for a life of leisure, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 2, 2004.
Nancy Pimental Nancy Marie Pimental is one of the writers of South Park and the movie The Sweetest Thing. She also replaced Jimmy Kimmel as co-host of the Comedy Central game show Win Ben Stein's Money, a job she held from 2000 through 2001, when Sal Iacono replaced her.
Nancy Reagan Defense The Nancy Reagan Defense is a tactic in corporate finance used to counter a takeover or merger bidder who has made a formal bid to shareholders to buy their shares. When the board of directors of the target company meets to consider the bid, they "just say no.
Nancy Roman Nancy Grace Roman (born on May 16, 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American astronomer. Throughout her career, Roman has also been an active public speaker and educator, and an advocate for women in the sciences.
Nancy Rosen Nancy Rosen has created a variety of public art, especially temporary exhibitions of outdoor sculpture. In 1980, she founded Nancy Rosen Incorporated, a non-profit organization which plans and implements public art programs and collections.
Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of popular singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".
Nancy Sit Nancy Sit (Traditional Chinese: 薛家燕, born 1950) is a Hong Kong actress on the TVB network. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside Connie Chan Po-chu and Josephine Siao.
Nancy Soderberg Nancy Soderberg is an American foreign policy strategist who held several senior level positions in the Clinton Administration and and authored the book The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might (ISBN 0-471-78964-X).
Nancy Spungen Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the girlfriend of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious. Spungen has been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols.
Nancy Stafford Nancy Elizabeth Stafford (born June 5, 1954) is an American actress who has portrayed numerous characters on television, among them Michelle Thomas, an associate of Ben Matlock, Judge Bell on Judging Amy and Patricia Blake on Sidekicks.
Nancy Steinbeck Nancy Steinbeck is the co-author of the dual memoir The Other Side of Eden which inclues the posthumous autobiography of John Steinbeck IV, son of the beloved American author. Writer Magazine named the book among the top ten for 2001.
Nancy Stephens Nancy Stephens, (born in 1951), is an American actress who starred in many familiar films and television shows. She is best known for her appearances in John Carpenter films; her most well-known being in the 1978 hit horror movie Halloween as Nurse Marion Chambers.
Nancy Sweetnam Nancy Sweetnam (born August 14, 1973 in Lindsay, Ontario) is a former international medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in seventh place in the 200m Individual Medley, and in 13th in the 400m Individual Medley.
Nancy Vandal Nancy Vandal was a band from Sydney, Australia that performed from 1993 to 2001 and had a reunion performance in 2003. It was initially called Hard Axe To Follow, then Nancy Vandal and the Popgun Assassins, but the last part of the name was later dropped.
Nancy Varian Berberick Nancy Varian Berberick (born 1951) is an American fantasy author well known for her work in the Dragonlance series. She has written eight fantasy novels, four of which have been in the Dragonlance saga, and numerous short stories.
Nancy Verrier Nancy Verrier is an American psychotherapist, author, lecturer and adoptive parent. She is perhaps best known for work in the areas of adoption and adoption reform, and has published two widely regarded books concerning the psychopathology of adoption.
Nancy Wake Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM, LĂ©gion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre(x3), (born August 30, 1912), was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II who fought alongside the maquis groups of the French Resistance.
Nancy Walker Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress. She was sometimes mistaken for being Jewish (likely due to her having played one of the most famous "Jewish mothers" in film or television history), but she was not Jewish.
Nancy Walton Laurie Nancy Walton Laurie is the daughter of the late Bud Walton, the brother and business partner of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. At Bud's death, she and her sister Ann Walton Kroenke inherited a stake in Wal-Mart now worth over USD$6 billion.
Nancy Ward Nanye-hi ("One Who Goes About"), known in English as Nancy Ward (c. 1738–1822 or 1824) was a ghighua, or "beloved woman" of the Cherokee nation, which meant that she was allowed to sit in councils and to make decisions, along with the other Beloved Women, on pardons.
Nancy Weber Nancy Weber (born Hartford, Connecticut, 1942) is an American writer known primarily for her non-fiction work The Life Swap (1974; re-issued 2006). Her twenty-some other books include The Playgroup (1982) and Brokenhearted (1989), both speculative novels with medical themes, and eight romances written under the byline Jennifer Rose.
Nancy Weir Australian pianist Nancy Mary Weir was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 13th July 1915. Her father was a publican who ran a small hotel in Lockhart, near Wagga Wagga, and Nancy grew up "behind the bar" as she said.
Nancy Werlin Nancy Werlin is an American author of young adult novels. She was a National Book Award nominee for The Rules of Survival, an Edgar award winner for The Killer's Cousin and an Edgar award finalist for Locked Inside.
Nancy Workman Nancy Workman was the first county mayor of Salt Lake County Utah and a member of the Republican Party. She was born December 9, 1940 in Pueblo, Colorado, but grew up in Boise, Idaho where her father was an automobile dealer.
Nancy Zieman Nancy Zieman is the TV host of Sewing with Nancy, a half-hour TV show broadcast since September, 1982, making it the longest-airing sewing program on television. Nancy has been the host and executive producer since its inauguration and has inspired millions of sewers, quilters, and machine embroiderers with her how-to format which concentrates on step-by-step instructions.
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle Nancy-Ann DeParle (born about 1957) is an American expert on health care issues. She served as the director of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) from 1997 to 2000, and the Office of Management and Budget before then.
Nancye Wynne Bolton Nancye Wynne Bolton (born December 2, 1916 – died November 9, 2001) was a female tennis player from Australia. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Smith Court who won 11 titles.
Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan (Nandu Bhaiya) Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan (born 8 September, 1952) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Khandwa constituency of Madhya Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Nand Singh Nand Singh (24 September 1914- 12 December 1947) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Nanda (Buddhism) Nanda was a half-brother of the Buddha, the son of Ĺšuddhodana and Maha Pajapati Gotami. He had a reputation as a handsome man, and was going to be married to Janapadakalyani, when the Buddha enticed him to become a monk on the day of his wedding.
Nanda Devi National Park The Nanda Devi National Park is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7,800 m) in Uttarakhand in India. It was established as national park in 1982 and was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988 It covers 630.
Nanda Devi Raj Jat Nanda Dev Raj Jat is a Hindu pilgrimage stretching 280 km through the Central Himalayas. Held in the months of August/September every 12 years, it starts in the middle Himalayas and traverses alpine meadows finally ending in the Himalayan Tundra region.
Nanda Kandasamy Nanda Kandasamy(Geevan) is a self-taught artist whose deep desire to paint was fuelled by strong emotions and impressions associated with the violence he witnessed in Sri Lanka beset by war. Expression through art was, in itself, his form of protest in a climate of silence and fear.
Nanda Lwin Nanda Layos Lwin (born August 31, 1971 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian author, music historian, journalist, and educator. He writes the weekly ChartTalk column, a commentary of the current Canadian music charts; it appeared on canoe.
Nandalal Bose The paintings of Nandalal Bose are considered among India's best modern paintings by many critics. Influenced by the Tagore family (he ran the art department of Shantiniketan) and the murals of Ajanta, his classic works include paintings of scenes from Indian mythologies, women, and village life.
Nandaprayag Nandaprayag (also spelt Nandprayag and Nand Prayag) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. Nandaprayag lies at the confluence of Alaknanda River and a distributary of Mandakini River.
Nanded Nanded (Marathi: नांदेड) is a the second largest city in Marathwada region of Maharashtra state of India. Nanded is also district headquarter of Nanded District in Marathwada region or Aurangabad revenue division.
Nandi bull Nandi/Nandhi (Sanskrit: नंद), a hindu god, is the bull which Lord Siva rides and the gate keeper of the Shiva according to Hindu mythology. An idol of Nandi facing the main shrine will be seen in every Siva temple .
Nandi Hills, Kenya Nandi Hills is a highland area in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya, known for its tea estates, and home to many world-renowned athletes, including Kip Keino, Henry Rono and Mike Boit. There is also a small town named Nandi Hills.
Nandi people The Nandi is a Kenyan ethnic group or tribe living in the highland areas of the Nandi Hills in Rift Valley Province; they form a sub-group of the Kalenjin. Before British colonization, they were sedentary cattle-herders, sometimes also practicing agriculture; their settlements were more or less evenly distributed rather than being grouped into villages.
Nandika Ranjith Nandika Ranjith is a cricketer who has represented Sri Lanka 'A' & who currently plays his club cricket for Tickhill CC in the South Yorkshire League. In his first season at Tickhill he has helped the club lift the Mick Savage Cup & reach the final of the Rotherham Evening League Cup.
Nandikishore Patel Nandikishore Patel, also known as Nand Kishore (born Shukhbar, 21 January 1982) is an Indian-born Ugandan cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium-fast bowler, he played six matches for Uganda in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland, and has made four first-class appearances for them in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
Nandina Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo or Sacred bamboo), is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae; it is a monotypic genus, with this species as its only member. It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan.
Nando Parrado Fernando Seler "Nando" Parrado (December 9, 1949 - ) is one of the sixteen Uruguayan survivors of the airplane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972. After spending two months trapped in the mountains with the other crash survivors, he, along with Roberto Canessa, climbed through the Andes mountains over a ten day period to find help.
Nandor Nevai Nandor "Nondor" Nevai is a percussionist, vocalist and composer covertly based near Death Valley, California, USA. His oeuvre includes orchestral improvisation, new-wave/20s revival and trucker music, but concentrates most devotedly on progressive heavy metal, his primary instrumental voice being the string quartet with vocal and percussion obligato, though no scores have been recorded in this capacity except in approximation by the Miami Beach third stream trio _, of which he is a member.
Nandor Tanczos Nándor Steven Tánczos (born 1966), a member of the New Zealand Parliament since 1999, represents the Green Party as a list MP. He briefly lost his seat in the 2005 General Election, but ranked next on the party list and agreed to rejoin Parliament following the sudden death of Rod Donald just prior to the first sitting of Parliament.
Nandrolone Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid occurring naturally in the human body, albeit in small quantities. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester (Deca-Durabolin) and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester (Durabolin).
Nandyal Nandyal is a town and a municipality in Kurnool district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town has a unique place in India since it is the only Parliamentary constituency which produced a President, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and a Prime Minister, P.
Nane Maria Annan Nane Maria Annan, (Nane Lagergren) is a Swedish lawyer and artist who is the half-niece of Raoul Wallenberg, she is married to Kofi Annan who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2006. On January 1, 2007
Nangpa La killings On September 30, 2006 75 Tibetan refugees, among them many young children, and their 2 guides were trying to enter Nepal via the Himalayan Nangpa La pass (5,700m). Chinese Border Security soldiers opened fire on the group and killed Kelsang Namtso, a 17 year old nun, just before the pass.
Nanguan Nanguan ([pinyin: nánguǎn; literally "southern pipe"; also called nanyin (南音), nanyue (南樂), or nanqu (南曲)) is a traditional musical genre originating in the Fujian] (福建) province of [[China. It has ancient roots believed to trace back to the Tang Dynasty.
Nanguen (LUTECE™) One of the last Dutch hybrid cultivars to be released, Nanguen (LUTECE™) is a complex fourth generation tree with an ancestry comprising six varieties of Field Elm U. minor, the Exeter Elm (a curious variety of the Wych Elm U.
Nangun The Nangun () is a variation of the application of the "northern Chinese staff", which is nowadays featured in contemporary wushu exercises and forms. It is based on staff techniques coming from Southern Chinese martial arts.
Nangus, New South Wales Nangus is a small country village on the Nangus to Gundagai Road, approximately 20 kilometres due west of Gundagai in the Riverina area of Australia and in Gundagai Shire. The population within a 7 kilometre radius is approximately 193 persons.
Nanhai Chao "Nanhai Chao" (), or "Southern Sea Tides", is a Cantonese song of sung by Overseas Chinese. Its melody is based on the folk songs of the boat people in the Pearl River Delta and its adjacent coasts.
Nanchang J-12 The NAMC J-12 (NATO reporting name unknown, if any) was a lightweight supersonic fighter built in the People's Republic of China for use by the PLAAF. It was one of first serious attempts taken by Chinese aircraft manufacturers to develop a modern jet fighter of indigenous design.
Nanchong Nanchong ( ) is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, China and lies about 2 hours northeast by car from Sichuan's capital city, Chengdu via the Chengnan expressway. The municipality has a population of some 7 million people and is rapidly developing.
Nania Kurniawati Yusuf Nania Kurniawati Yusuf (born September 1 1983 in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia) is an Indonesian singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Indonesian Idol, the Indonesian version of Pop Idol, shown by RCTI. Indra Lesmana, one of the judges, was charmed by her jazzy singing style.
Nanise Nagusuca Nanise Nagusuca (born 1953) is a Fijian politician, who was elected to the House of Representatives in a special election on December 11 2004. The byelection for the North East Urban Fijian Communal constituency (one of 23 seats reserved for ethnic Fijians) was held to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Filimone Banuve, the previous member.
Nanisivik, Nunavut Nanisivik is a community located just inland from Strathcona Sound, near the community of Arctic Bay in Canada's Nunavut Territory. The community was established to service the lead-zinc mine, but is now being abandoned.
Naniwa Kawashima Naniwa Kawashima (Japanese:川島浪速) (1865-1949), a member of the Japanese spy network in Manchuria and close friend of to Shanqi, the 10th of hereditary Prince Su (肅親王) of the Manchu imperial family, who had inherited the allegiance of the tribes of Inner Mongolia. Prince Su was a close friend of Japan's Empress uncle, Prince Kanin.
Nanjing (Chinese: 南京; Romanizations: Nánjīng (Pinyin), Nan-ching (Wade-Giles), Nanking (Postal map spelling)) is the capital of China's Jiangsu Province and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. Nanjing has served as the capital of China during several historical periods, and is listed as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.
Nanjing anti-African protests The Nanjing Anti-African protests were mass demonstrations and riots against African students in Nanjing, China, which lasted from December 1988, to the following January. They were a precursor to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Chinese: 南京汽车集团有é™ĺ…¬ĺŹ¸) (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, China's oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. The group occupies an area of 4,000,000 m², has fixed assets amounting to RMB 12 billion and an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles.
Nanjing decade The Nanjing decade or Nanking decade ran from 1927 to 1937 in the history of the Republic of China. It began when Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek took the city from Zhili clique warlord Sun Chuanfang halfway through the Northern Expedition.
Nanjing Foreign Language School Nanjing Foreign Language School, or NFLS, also may spell as Nanjing Foreign Languages School(Simplified Chinese: 南京外国čŻĺ¦ć ˇďĽŚnickname Nan-Wai 南外) is a high school located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. Founded by PRC's first premier (prime minister) Mr.
Nanjing Incident The Nanjing Incident (Nanking Incident, using Postal Map Romanization), not to be confused with the Nanking Massacre, occurred during the first phase of the Northern Expedition starting on March 21st 1927 and going through the 23rd. As Kuomintang troops neared and entered the city, which had many foreign residents, the Kuomintang troops targeted and looted foreign properties, doing much damage and killing and injuring many foreign personnel.
Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region is one of seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai.
Nanjing Museum Nanjing Museum (Pinyin: Nánjīng Bówuyuán, Simplified Chinese: 南京博物院) is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on East Zhongshan Road, about 3km from the Xinjiekou traffic circle to the east, just inside Zhongshan Gate. It is one of the largest museums in China.
Nanjing Radio Nanjing Radio (Group), (Chinese: 江南广ć’网, Pinying: Jiang Nan Guangbo Wang, translated as "South River Broadcasting Station") is a family of radio stations that serve the Nanjing China area. It is also associated with the Nanjing Television Broadcast Group.
Nanjing University Nanjing University (Chinese: 南京大ĺ¸/南京大ĺ¦; Pinyin: NánjÄ«ng DĂ xuĂ©; colloquially 南大, Pinyin: NándĂ ) is located in Nanjing (Nanking), an ancient capital of China. It was established as a college under the new educational system in 1902 and became the first modern Chinese university in the early 1920s.
Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Nanjing University of Finance & Economics (NUFE, Pinyin: NánjÄ«ng CáijÄ«ng DĂ xuĂ©, Simplified Chinese: 南京财经大ĺ¦), colloquially Cai Da (Pinyin: Cái DĂ , Simplified Chinese: 财大) or Nan Cai (Pinyin: Nán Cái, Simplified Chinese: 南财) is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. The university specializes in financial and economic disciplines but also focuses on engineering, law, liberal arts, and science.
Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing University of Science and Technology or NUST(南京ç†ĺ·Ąĺ¤§ĺ¦, Pinyin NánjÄ«ng LÇgĹŤng DĂ xuĂ©; colloquially 南ç†ĺ·Ą, Pinyin NánLÇgĹŤng) is a science-oriented university located in the east suburban area of Nanjing, China. Founded in 1953, the university places emphasis on both education and research, and is among the universities listed in the national 211 Project.
Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing University of Technology (Abbreviation: NJUT; Simplified: 南京工业大ĺ¦; Pinyin: NánjÄ«ng GĹŤngyè DĂ xĂşe), colloquially known as Gong Da (工大), is a university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. The university specializes in engineering, however, like many other Chinese universities, English language courses are compulsory.
Nanjing Yuejin Soyat The Soyat is a small family hatchback built by the Wuxi Soyat Branch of Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation. The car is based on the early ('System Porsche') version of the SEAT Ibiza, the technology which was bought in a joint venture between Nanjing Yuejin and the Malaysian Lion Group.
Nanjiro Echizen Nanjiro Echizen (越前 ĺŤ—ć¬ˇéŽ Echizen NanjirĹŤ) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series The Prince of Tennis. His name is spelled Nanjiro Echizen in the English manga and Nanjirou Echizen in Roman characters in the Japanese version of the anime.
Nanjizal Nanjizal is a beach and cove situated one mile to the south-east of Land's End, Cornwall, UK Picture . Nanjizal has no direct access via road and is usually reached via the South West Coast Path Walking from Land's End, and so is often very quiet.
Nanjo, Okinawa Nanjō (南城市 -shi) is a city in the southern part of Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was formed on January 12006, when the town of Sashiki and the villages of Chinen, Tamagusuku, and Ōzato, all in Shimajiri District, merged.
Nanjung Ilgi Nanjung Ilgi (Korean: 난중일기; äş‚ä¸ć—Ąč¨) or War Diary is the personal diary of Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin (Korean: ěť´ěśě‹ ; 李čśč‡Ł) during the Joseon Dynasty. It was written between January 1, 1592 and November 17, 1598 by the Admiral himself.
Nankai Nankai () refers to the series of schools founded in China by the patriotic-educationists Zhang Boling (ĺĽ äĽŻč‹“) (1876-1951) and Yan Fansun (严čŚĺ™) (1860-1920). The schools mainly comprise Tianjin Nankai Zhongxue (天津南开ä¸ĺ¦)(1904), Nankai University (南开大ĺ¦)(1919), Chongqing Nankai Zhongxue (重庆南开ä¸ĺ¦) (1936) (during the World War II moved from Tianjin) and others.
Nankai Cheng Nankai Cheng, literally Nankai Castle or Nankai City (Simplified Chinese: 南开城; Traditional Chinese: 南開城; pinyin: NánkÄi ChĂ©ng) is a commercial pedestrian street owned by Chongqing Nankai Zhongxue (Chongqing Nankai Middle School). It is located in Chenjiawan, Shapingba Chongqing, China.
Nankai Main Line is the railroad route of Nankai Electric Railway connecting Osaka, Sakai, Kishiwada, Izumisano, Misaki, and Wakayama. The name of the line is not "the Main Line" but "the Nankai Main Line".
Nankan Nankan (南竿鄉 Pinyin: NángÄn) is one of the Matsu Islands and the capital township of Lienchiang County (which coincides geographically with the Matsus). It is a portion of the Fujian Province that is controlled by the Republic of China.
Nankana Sahib Nankana Sahib, also known as Raipur and Rai-Bhoi-di-Talwandi is a small town in the Pakistani province of Punjab with a population of almost 60,000 World Gazetteer estimate for Nankana Sahib. The town is located about 75 kilometres west of Lahore and is famous as the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion.
Nankeen Nankeen, also called Nankeen cloth, refers to a particular type of cotton cloth, manufacturing of which originated in Nanking region of China. Nankeen cloth is yellowish in color due to the yellow variety of cotton used in manufacturing it.
Nanking Massacre The Nanking massacre, commonly known as "The Rape of Nanking," is an infamous war crime committed by the Japanese military carried out by Japanese troops in and around Nanjing (also known in English as Nanking), China, after it fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on December 13, 1937. The duration of the massacre is not clearly defined, although the period of carnage lasted well into the next six weeks, until early February 1938.
Nanking Safety Zone The Nanking Safety Zone (; Japanese: 南京安全区 Nankin Anzenku, 南京安全地帯, Nankin Anzenchitai) was a demilitarised zone for Chinese civilians set up on the Eve of the Japanese breakthrough in the Battle of Nanking (November 22, 1937). Following the example of Jesuit Father Robert Jacquinot de Besange in Shanghai, the foreigners in Nanking created the Nanking Safety Zone, managed by the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee led by German businessman and Nazi party member John Rabe.
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