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Ngaio Marsh Dame Ngaio Marsh DBE (April 23, 1895 - February 18, 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh was an author and theatre director from New Zealand. There is some uncertainty over her birth date as her father neglected to register her birth until 1900.
Ngaio Marsh Theatre The Ngaio Marsh Theatre is a 400-seat proscenium-arch theatre housed within the University of Canterbury Students' Association building in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is named in honour of Dame Ngaio Marsh, who was a director and patron of theatre, especially Shakespeare, at the University between 1942 and 1969.
Ngaire Smith Ngaire Smith (born April 18, 1979 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey midfield and foward player from Australia, who earned a total number of 97 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 22 goals. Nicknamed Nige, she made her debut for the Australian Senior Team at the 2001 East Asian Games.
Ngaire Woods Ngaire Woods is fellow in Politics and International Relations at University College, Oxford and Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme at the Department of Politics and International Relations and Centre for International Studies of the University of Oxford. She is a New Zealander.
Ngaliema Ngaliema is a district in the west of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The community stretches south towards Mont Ngaliema and along the main road linking Kinshasa and the city of Matadi in Bas-Congo.
Ngalop The Ngalop comprise the largest ethnic group of Bhutan, and as they control the government and the culture, the are more often simply identified as the Bhutanese. Orientalists historically called them the Bhote, meaning they were from Bhotia, or Tibet.
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary was established in October 1998 to care for orphaned chimpanzees that have been rescued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority from poachers and/or traders, with no chance of survival back to the wild.
Ngambri Ngambri or Kamberri is the name of the ancestral group and their descendants after whom the capital of Australia, Canberra, is named. Since the Native Title Act was passed in 1994, the mainly Yass- and Boorowa-based Ngunnawal(also spelled Ngunawal, which is the name of a language not a people) have been asserting their claims to be the 'rightful traditional custodians' of the area now incorporating the Australian Capital Territory and surrounds, mainly through their kinship connections to Ngambri descendants, many of whom also identify as Ngunnawal through non-Ngambri kinship lines.
Nganaoa In Cook Islands mythology (Aitutaki), Nganaoa is a hero in the story of Rata's canoe who killed three sea-monsters: a gigantic clam, a huge octopus, a finally a great whale in the stomach of which he found his father, Tairitokerau, and his mother Vāiaroa alive (Gill 1876:147).
Ngangikurrunggurr language The Ngangikurrunggurr is a tribe of people famous for their weaving who live in a small community called Peppimenarti, Northern Territory, Australia. They have a self-titled language that is known for having noun classes reserved for canines and hunting weapons.
Ngapara Ngapara is a small village inland from Oamaru in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located in a rural setting, with farming activity consisting primary of raising sheep and growing cereal crops such as wheat.
Ngapara and Tokarahi Branches The Ngapara and Tokarahi Branches were two connected branch lines in northern Otago, New Zealand that formed part of the national railway system. The Ngapara Branch opened to the public in 1877 and almost all of it was closed in 1959, with the remaining portion closed in 1997.
Ngapuhi Ngapuhi form one of the major and (with over 100,000 members) the single most numerous of the Māori tribes or iwi in New Zealand, occupying much the Northland Peninsula, also known as Tai Tokerau, north of the city of Auckland.
Ngara Ngara is one of the six districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Karagwe District, to the east by the Biharamulo District, to the south by the Kigoma Region, to the northeast by the Muleba District and to the west by Rwanda and Burundi.
Ngaraard Ngaraard is the eighth state of the Rebuplic of Palau an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 300 miles (500 km) east of the Philippines. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship (administered by the United States) in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and smallest nations.
Ngarabal The Ngarabal (also: Ngoorabul, Ngarabul, Ngoorabal) people are the traditional Aboriginal owners of the Glen Innes area in Northern New South Wales, Australia. The Cutmores, a well-known New South Wales Aboriginal family, are descended from this people.
Ngari Prefecture Ngari Prefecture (Tibetan: མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ་; Wylie: mnga' ris sa khul; simplified Chinese: 阿里地区; pinyin: Ālǐ Dìqū) is a prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Its capital is Gar County.
Ngariman In Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Karadjeri), Ngariman is a cat-man who killed the Bagadjimbiri, two dingo gods and sons of Dilga, an earth goddess. In revenge, she drowned Ngariman with her milk by flooding the underground cavern where he killed her sons.
Ngaro Ngaro (vanished) is mentioned as a delicacy of the dead in a Māori legend from the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. Te Atarahi was five days and five nights in Te Reinga, the place from where the spirits of the dead leap into the underworld.
Ngarrindjeri The Ngarrinjeri is the language and traditional Aboriginal people of the lower Murray River and western Fleurieu Peninsula, Australia. The traditional areas extend from Mannum downstream through Murray Bridge and Goolwa and along the coast through Victor Harbor to Cape Jervis to the southwest and around Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert and the Coorong to around Kingston SE.
Ngaruroro River The Ngaruroro River is located in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It runs for a total of 100 kilometres, southeast from the Kaweka Range and then east before emptying into Hawke Bay 10 kilometres south of Napier, near the town of Clive.
Ngasa The Ngasa are an ethnic and linguistic group based on the eastern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania. In 2000 the ethnic Ngasa population was estimated to number 4,285, with only 200 to 300 members continuing to speak the Ngasa language groups in Tanzania]
Ngati hotu Ngati Hotu is the name of a tribe of people who are sometimes described as "pre fleet" or pre Māori who reportedly lived in the central north island of New Zealand in the area surrounding Lake Taupo, where the modern day Tuwharetoa iwi now resides. Māori oral tradition has passed down descriptions of the appearance of these people who have survived to the present day; these include ones made by chief Te Heuheu Tukino IV in the late 19th century, which used such words as "Urukehu" (meaning "reddish/golden hair") and "Kiriwhero" ("reddish skin").
Ngatiawa River The Ngatiawa River is a river on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island that is a major tributary of the Waikanae River. Its headwaters are in the Tararua Range and it flows north and northwest through the Akatarawa Valley to Reikorangi, where it meets the Waikanae River.
Ngau Kok Wan Ngau Kok Wan (牛角灣) is a bay in the north coast of Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Cement Plant of Hong Kong Cement Manufacturing Company Limited from Tsing Leng Tsui had settled in the reclaimed bay.
Ngau Tau Kok Ngau Tau Kok (牛頭角, Jyutping: ngau4 tau4 gok3, Pinyin: Niútóujiǎo) is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, located at the northern part of Kwun Tong District, next to Kowloon Bay. It covers Jordon Valley, Ngau Tau Kok and Upper Kwun Tong Town Central. More than 210,000 in population are living in Ngau Tau Kok. It is one of the major residential areas in Kwun Tong District.
Ngau Tau Kok (MTR) Ngau Tau Kok (Chinese: 牛頭角, Jyutping: ngau4 tau4 gok3, Pinyin: Niútóujiǎo) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. It is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area, between Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay stations.
Ngauranga Gorge The Ngauranga Gorge is a gorge in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. The gorge, which State Highway 1 runs through, is a vital link between Wellington City and the Kapiti Coast, and provides the main route north out of Wellington.
Ngaw Ngaw (ง้าว,ของ้าว) is a pole weapon that was traditionally used in Thailand by elephant warrior. It consists of a wood shaft with a curved blade fashioned onto the end, and is similar to the Japanese naginata and the Chinese guan dao .
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: རྔ་བ་བོད་རིགས་ཆ་བ༹ང་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie transliteration: rnga ba bod rigs dang ch'ang rigs rang skyong khul; Chinese: 阿坝藏族羌族自治州; Pinyin: Ābà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Barkam. It has an area of 83,201 km².
Ngawang Namgyal Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651) was the founder of Bhutan. In addition to unifying the country for the first time in the 1630s, he also sought to create a distinctly Bhutanese cultural identity, separate from the Tibetan culture from which it was derived.
Ngawang Tashi Bapu Geshe Ngawang Tashi Bapu, (born 1968) also known as Lama Tashi is a former Principal Chant Master of the Dalai Lama. A Monpa, Tashi was born in the Thembang village of West Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh, India and commenced formal study in 1985, at age 17.
Ngawang Wangyal Geshe Ngawang Wangyal, Kalmyk lama, teacher and scholar was born in a Kalmykia, came to the United States from Tibet in 1955, taking over the spiritual leadership of the Kalmuk Buddhist Temple and community near Freehold, N.J..
Ngawha Springs Ngawha Springs is a small settlement approximately 5km east of the town of Kaikohe, Northland in New Zealand. It contains the Ngawha Springs, a hot water spring that reputedly has therapeutic properties for those who bathe in its waters.
Ngawi, New Zealand Ngawi is a small fishing / holiday town within five kilometers of Cape Palliser the southern most point of New Zealand's North Island. The town is made up of mainly small wooden houses, which are often Baches.
Ngô Dynasty Around the year 930 AD, as Ngô Quyền (吳權) rose to power, northern Vietnam was a province and vassal state of China and was referred to as Giao Chỉ (交趾). Every year the governor/administrator of Giao Chỉ had to pay tribute and give offerings to China.
Ngöbe-Buglé Ngöble-Buglé is a comarca (roughly, "county" though signifying a high degree of administrative autonomy) in Panamá. It was formed in 1997 with lands from the provinces of Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, and Veraguas.
Ngā Mānawa Ngā Mānawa, in a tradition of the Ngāti Awa, a Māori tribe of the eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island, was the collective name for the Fire Children, the five sons of Mahuika and Auahitūroa. The names of the Fire Children are the names of the five fingers of the human hand:
Ngāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand, with the tribal authority, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, being based in Christchurch. The iwi combines three whānui, Kāi Tahu itself, and Waitaha and Kāti Mamoe who lived in the South Island prior to the arrival of Kāi Tāhu.
Ngāti Maniapoto The Ngati Maniapoto are an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on the waka (canoe) Tainui.
Ngāti Toa Ngāti Toa (Ngāti Toarangatira) is an iwi (New Zealand Māori tribe) descended from the eponymous ancestor Toarangatira. The Ngāti Toa region extends from Miria-te-kakara at Rangitikei, to Wellington, across Cook Strait to Wairau and Nelson.
Ngāti Tuwharetoa Ngāti Tuwharetoa is an iwi (Māori tribe) descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Te Arawa canoe to New Zealand. The Tuwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua (Tarawera River) at Matata across the central plateau of the North Island to the lands around Mount Tongariro and Lake Taupo.
Ngātoro-i-rangi In Māori mythology, Ngātoro-i-rangi (Ngātoro) is the name of a priest in the legends about the settling of New Zealand. It was intended that he should command the Tainui canoe in its journey from Hawaiki to New Zealand, but Ngātoro-i-rangi was outwitted by Tama-te-kapua, who enticed him on board the Arawa.
Ngee Ann Poly Student Division Ngee Ann Poly Student Division (义安理工学院学生部) was part of the formation of the Singapore Soka Association's Student Division in 1984, together with students in Singapore Polytechnic, National University of Singapore and Nanyang University (presently Nanyang Technological University). The mascot for Ngee Ann Poly Student Division (NRPSD) is the Lighthouse and the motto is "Together We Win (共胜).
Ngee Ann Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Chinese: 义安理工学院), the second oldest of five polytechnics in Singapore, was founded in 1963 as Ngee Ann College. It was subsequently renamed as Ngee Ann Technical College in 1968, before adopting its current name in 1982.
Ngee Ann Secondary School Ngee Ann Secondary School was started by the Ngee Ann Kongsi, a Teochiu clan foundation, in Tampines, Singapore. Set up in 1994, Ngee Ann Secondary was conceputalized as a successive link to the now defunct Tuan Mong High School which closed in that same year It has won several awards, including the Singapore Quality Class Award and Best Practice Award in Teaching and Learning.
Ngelik The ngelik (or lik) is a part of a gamelan composition that contrasts from the surrounding section, either the ompak or merong. It is also sometimes called the gendhing proper, in contrast to the bubuka gendhing (i.
Nggela Channel In the Solomon Islands, the waters between the Florida Islands and Taivu Point on the northeast of Guadalcanal are divided by reefs into (from north to south) Nggela Channel, Sealark Channel, and Lengo Channel. They connect Ironbottom Sound to the west with Indispensable Strait to the east.
Nghia-Sinh International Nghia-Sinh International is a humanitarian organization founded in June 1963 in Saigon to provide emergency assistance to the elderly and the poor who arrived in Saigon as refugees from the countryside of Vietnam. Nghia-Sinh has also provided food, clothes, shelter, and medicine to war victims since 1966.
Ngiyambaa language The Ngiyambaa language is a Pama-Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup. It was the traditional language of the Wangaaybuwan and Wayilwan peoples of New South Wales, Australia, but is now moribund; according to Donaldson by the 1970's there were only about ten people fluent in Wangaaybuwan, whilst there where only a couple of Wayilwan speakers left.
Ngo Dinh Can Ngo Dinh Can (1911–1964) was the brother of South Vietnam's first president Ngo Dinh Diem. He was put in charge of the Central Highlands of Vietnam by his brother and his base of operations was in the former imperial capital of Hue, South Vietnam.
Ngo Dinh Luyen Ngo Dinh Luyen was appointed as ambassador to the United Kingdom by his brother Ngo Dinh Diem and ruled the province of the Cham people minorities. He was able to escape assassination because he was in London, but his other brothers Ngo Dinh Nhu and Ngo Dinh Diem were killed on November 1, 1963.
Ngo Dinh Nhu Ngô Ðình Nhu , born in Vietnam, was the younger brother and chief political advisor of South Vietnam's first President, Ngô Ðình Diệm. Their eldest brother was Archbishop Ngô Đình Thuc Pierre Martin of Huế and another brother, Ngô Đình Khoi, was buried alive because of his refusal to become a minister in the first communist government.
Ngo Dong O Sensei Ngo Dong (died in 2000) is chiefly known as the founder and grandmaster of international school of Cuong Nhu Oriental Martial Arts. From 1961 to 1971 he served as professor of biology at the Hue University, Vietnam, during which time he founded the Cuong Nhu style of martial arts.
Ngo hiang Ngo Hiang (五香 wǔxiāng) is a unique Singaporean dish served in many hawker centres. It is essentially a composition of various meats and vegetables and other ingredients, such as a sausage-esque roll consisting of minced pork and prawn flavoured with five-spice powder, rolled inside a beancurd skin and deep-fried, lup cheong, cucumber, century egg, ginger, deep-fried egg, deep-fried beancurd, fishball and many others.
Ngo Viet Thu Ngô Viết Thụ (1926–2000) was a Vietnamese architect, who designed the Independence Palace (also known as the Presidential Palace, 1961–1966, later renamed Reunification Palace, April 30 1975) in Saigon.
Ngong Ping 360 Ngong Ping 360 is a tourism project in Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China, consists of the Ngong Ping Skyrail cable car system and Ngong Ping Village. It is owned by the MTR Corporation, built and operated by Skyrail-ITM.
Ngonidzashe Kambarami Ngonidzashe Kambarami, popularly knowns as Ngonie, is a Zimbabwean musician who has produced two albums to date, "Ndinoimba" and "Angu Mashoko". His debut song "Ndiwe Chete" launched his music career in 2002, leading to the release of his first album.
Ngonye Falls The Ngonye Falls or Sioma Falls are a waterfall on the Zambezi river in Western Zambia, near the town of Sioma and a few hundred kilometres upstream from the Victoria Falls. Situated in the southern part of Barotseland, the falls are a difficult two or three day journey from the capital, Lusaka.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area The Ngorongoro Conservation Area or NCA is a conservation area situated 180 km west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. The conservation area's boundaries follow the boundary of the Ngorongoro Division of Ngorongoro District.
Ngorongoro District Ngorongoro District is one of the five districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Kenya, to the east by the Monduli District, to the south by the Karatu District and to the west by the Mara Region.
Ngoubou The Ngoubou is a purortedly surviving ceratopsian-like cryptid said to live in the savannah region of CameroonIt is said to live in herds] and fight [[elephants for land, despite its smaller size (about the size of an ox, according to localsngoubou is also the local word for rhinoceros, the locals of the area are adamant that the ngoubou referred to here is a different animal altogether.
Ngoyo Ngoyo was an Iron Age kingdom state of the Woyo tribe, located in the south of Cabinda (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola). Located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, just north of the Congo River, it was founded by Bantus and other Bantu-speaking people around the 15th century.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born June 13, 1954) is a fellow at the Brookings Institution She is the former finance minister of Nigeria] and [[Foreign Minister of Nigeria, notable for being the first woman to hold both of these positions. She served as finance minister from July 2003 until her appointment as foreign minister in June 2006.
Ngqeno ka Langa Ngqeno ka Langa (about 1759 - 1 April 1846) was the 2nd paramount chief of the amaMbalu sub-group of the Xhosa nation from 1794 until his death. Langa was the oldest son of Langa ka Phalo the founder of the amaMbalu.
Ngubengcuka Ngubengcuka (died 1832) was the king of the Thembu people, in the southern part of the Transkei region of South Africa. Known as Inkosi Enkhulu (great chief), Ngubengcuka united the Thembu people before they were subjected to British colonial rule.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born January 5, 1938) is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gĩkũyũ. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and children's literature.
Nguni Nguni commonly refers both to a group of clans and nations living in south-east Africa, and to a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa including Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, Phuthi and Ndebele (both Southern Transvaal Ndebele and Northern Ndebele).
Nguni cattle The Nguni cattle breed is endemic from the South of Africa. These cattle are known by their fertility and resistance to diseases, being the favourite breed amongst milk and meat producers of South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Angola.
Nguni stick fighting Nguni stick fighting (or known as donga) is a martial art traditionally practiced by teenage Nguni herdboys in South Africa. Each combatant is armed with two long sticks, one of which is used for defence and the other for offence.
Ngunnawal people The Ngunnawal people (alternatively Ngunnawal tribe, or more latterly Ngunnawal Nation) are the Indigenous Australian inhabitants whose traditional lands encompass much of the area now occupied by the city of Canberra, Australia and the surrounding Australian Capital Territory. They spoke the Ngunnawal language.
Nguoi Rung Người Rừng ("forest man") is a creature said to inhabit Vietnam, reputedly similar to the bigfoot, sometimes also known as "forest people". It is described as being approximately six feet tall and completely covered with hair except the knees, the soles of the feet, the hands and the face.
Nguru Mountains The Nguru Mountains are a mountain range in Morogoro District, Tanzania, Africa. The mountains are predominantly covered with rainforest, are abundant with 83 species of bird life (Romdal 2001), and are the home of African violets.
Nguruvilu The Nguruvilu (also: Guirivilo, Guruvilu, Ă‘uruvilu, Ă‘irivilu, Ă‘ivivilu, Ă‘irivilo o Nirivilo), of the language mapudungun, ngĂĽrĂĽ: fox, and filu: snake, "fox snake"; is a creature in the Mapuche mythology of Chile.
Nguyễn (IPA://) is the most common Vietnamese family name. By some estimates, approximately 40 percent of Vietnamese people have this surnameLê Trung Hoa, Họ và tên người Việt Nam, NXB Khoa học - Xã hội, 2005Vietnamese names.
Nguyễn Du Nguyễn Du (阮攸, 1765–1820, pennames Tố Như and Thanh Hiên) is a celebrated Vietnamese poet who wrote in Chữ Nôm, the ancient writing script of Việt Nam. He is most known for writing the epic poem The Tale of Kieu.
Nguyễn Dynasty The Nguyễn Dynasty (Vietnamese: Nhà Nguyễn; Sino-Vietnamese: Nguyễn triều 阮朝) was the last ruling family of Vietnam. Their rule began in 1802 when Emperor Gia Long ascended the throne after defeating the Tay Son Dynasty and ended in 1945 when Bảo Đại abdicated the throne and transferred power to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, ruling for a total of 143 years.
Nguyá»…n Lords The Nguyá»…n Lords (1558 - 1775) were a series of rulers of Southern Vietnam. While they claimed to be the loyal followers of the LĂŞ Dynasty, in reality they were independent rulers in the south of the country.
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (born November 17, 1949 in Ca Mau province) is the prime minister of Vietnam. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on June 27, 2006, having been nominated by his predecessor, Phan Văn Khải, who retired from office.
Nguyễn Trãi Nguyễn Trãi (Hán nôm 阮廌), also known under his pseudonym Ức Trai 抑齋 (1380 - 1442) was a Vietnamese Confucian Scholar, politician, strategist and poet. He became a close friend and advisor to Lê Lợi, Vietnam's hero-king, who freed Vietnam from Chinese rule.
Nguyễn Văn Lém Nguyễn Văn Lem was the real name of Captain Bay Lop (died 1 February 1968 in Saigon), a member of the Viet Cong who was summarily executed in Saigon during the Tet Offensive. The execution was captured on film by photojournalist Eddie Adams, and the momentous image became a symbol of hostility to the war.
Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên (born June 30, 1965) is a Vietnamese-American personality and co-host of Paris by Night, and a lawyer by profession. Her father is the former Prime Minister, Vice President, and General Nguyen Cao Ky.
Nguyen Dieu Hoa Nguyễn Diệu Hoa (born 1969 in Hanoi) was crowned the 2nd Miss Vietnam in 1990 when she was at Level 5 in Russian language at Hanoi University of Foreign Studies. She can speak six languages: Vietnamese, English, Thai, Hindi, Russian, and French.
Nguyen Chi Thanh Nguyen Chi Thanh (1914 - 1967) was from 1965 until his death the commanding general of North Vietnamese operations in South Vietnam. He presented plans for the Tet offensive to the North Vietnamese Politburo, but did not survive to see them put into action.
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (born Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam; February 23 1990) is a leading Vietnamese chess player. After learning chess at the age of 3, he won the gold medal at the world under 10 champion in 2000.
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Khanh Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Khánh (born July 28, 1976 in Hanoi) was crowned the 6th Miss Vietnam on November 1, 1998 at sporting event hall Phan Đình Phùng, Hồ Chí Minh city, when she was a student at Law University, Ho Chi Minh city. Her father was a director Đỗ Ngọc.
Nguyen Toon Nguyen Toon or "Colonel Toon" or "Tomb" was the mythical North Vietnamese fighter pilot and flying ace who allegedly shot down 13 American aircraft during the Vietnam War. According to legend, he was killed in action on May 10, 1972, by the U.
Nguyen Van Coc Nguyễn Văn Cốc (born 1943) was a North Vietnamese MiG-21PF fighter ace. Nine USAF kills have been attributed to him, including two F-4Ds, two F-105Fs, one F-105D one F-4B and one F-102A during the Vietnam War.
Nguyen Van Hieu General Nguyễn Văn Hiếu was born on June 23, 1929 in Tientsin, China and as a youngster, lived in Shanghai. He later immigrated with his family to Saigon, Vietnam when the Chinese Communists took over China in 1949.
Nguyen Van Kiet Nguyen Van Kiet was a Petty Officer Third Class in the Republic of Vietnam Navy and is one of only two South Vietnamese, and the only South Vietnamese Navy member, to receive the Navy Cross for actions during the Vietnam War.
Nguyen Van Linh Nguyễn Văn Linh (1915-1998) was a political leader of the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam during the Vietnam-American War. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991.
Nguyen Van Xuan Nguyen Van Xuan was President of the Provisional Central Governmet of Vietnam from 1948 to 1949 during the end of French rule in Vietnam. In April 1 1947, he was promoted to brigadier general (two-star general, entry level in French army ranking system) of colonial troup, a local army with French commanding officers.
Ngwenyama Ngwenyama is the title of the male ruler or king of Swaziland, counterpart of the Ndlovukati. Ngwenyama means "lion" in Swati, but in an honorific sense distinguished from -bhubhesi, the usual way of referring to lions as animals.
NG Knight Lamune & 40 NG Knight Lamune & 40 was a Japanese television series of 1990 that was never distributed by any English-language firm. It was one of the Lamune group of television shows and OAVs, and the "NG" in the title stands for "new generation", for there was a previous set of shows under the Lamune title.
NGamer NGamer Magazine is a British] [[magazine specialising in Nintendo created consoles; the first issue was released on July 13, 2006. It is the successor publication to N64/NGC Magazine (1997-2006) and Super Play (1992-1996), continuing the unique style of those magazines.
NGA Hooters Tour The NGA Hooters Tour is the third-level men's golf tour in the United States after the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. The Champions Tour, which plays mostly 3 day (54 hole) events and is restricted to competitors over the age of 50, offers considerably more prize money, making the Hooters Tour the fourth-most lucrative men's tour based in the United States.
NGC 1514 Discovered by William Herschel on November 13th 1790 describing it "A most singular phoenomenoa" and forcing him to rethink his ideas on the construction of the heavens. Up until this point Herschel was convinced that all nebulae consisted of masses of stars to remote to resolve, but now here was a single star surrounded by what he termed "a faint luminous atmosphere" and would go on to conclude "Our judgement I may venture to say, will be, that the nebulosity about the star is not of a starry nature".
NGC 2264 NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies five astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, the Christmas Tree Cluster, Snowflake ClusterFox Fur Nebula]and the [[Philippine Nebula]All of the objects are located in the [[Monoceros constellation] and are located about 800 [[parsecs or 2600 light-years from Earth.
NGC 2500 NGC 2500 is a galaxy which was discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1788. Much like the local group in which our own Milky Way galaxy is situated, NGC 2500 is part of NGC 2841 group of galaxies which also includes NGC 2541, NGC 2537 and NGC 2552.
NGC 56 In the history of astronomy, the entry NGC 56 for the New General Catalogue does not exist. John Herschel recorded it only once very early in his observing career (Sweep 14 in 1825), saying, "About this place a considerable space seems affected with nebulosity.

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