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N'Djamena: capital of Chad, on the southwestern border, adjacent to Cameroon. It lies on the east bank of the Chari (Shari) River at its confluence with the Logone River in an ...
N-Town plays: an English cycle of 42 scriptural (or "mystery") plays dating from the second half of the 15th century and so called because an opening proclamation refers to performance "in N. ...
Na'imah, Mikha'il: Lebanese literary critic, playwright, essayist, and short-story writer who helped introduce modern realism into Arabic prose fiction.
Na-Dene languages: major grouping (phylum or superstock) of North American Indian languages, consisting of three language families-Athabascan (or Athapascan), Haida, and Tlingit-with a total of 22 languages. Of these languages 20 belong ...
Naas: market and garrison town (urban district) and county seat of County Kildare, Ireland. Naas was one of the royal seats of the ancient province of Leinster, and St. Patrick, the ...
Nabataean: member of a people of ancient Arabia whose settlements lay in the borderlands between Syria and Arabia, from the Euphrates River to the Red Sea. Little is known about them ...
Nabataean alphabet: writing system used between approximately 150 BC and AD 150 in the Nabataean kingdom of Petra in the Arabian Peninsula. Used by the Nabataeans to write the Aramaic language, this ...
Nabatiyah at-Tahta, an-: town, southern Lebanon. It is the major centre of tobacco growing in Lebanon. Other agricultural products are grapes, olives, figs, and grains. Most of the inhabitants of the town are ...
Nabbes, Thomas: English dramatist and writer of verse, one of a number of lesser playwrights of the period. He is perhaps best known for his masques.
Naber, John: American swimmer who won four gold medals and a silver at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
Naberezhnye Chelny: city, Tatarstan, west-central Russia, on the left bank of the Kama River. The city is best known for its Kama truck plant, the world's largest. Also located at Naberezhnye Chelny ...
Nabha: city, southeastern Punjab state, northwestern India. It is located some 16 miles (26 km) west and slightly north of Patiala. Nabha (founded 1755) was the capital of the princely state ...
Nabighah, an-: one of the pre-Islamic Arab poets whose works were collected in the Mu'allaqat.
Nabis: last ruler (207-192) of an independent Sparta. Nabis carried on the revolutionary tradition of Kings Agis IV and Cleomenes III. Since ancient accounts of him are mainly abusive, the details ...
Nabis: group of artists who, through their widely diverse activities, exerted a major influence on the art produced in France during the late 19th century. They maintained that a work of ...
Nabisco: former U.S. snack food and bakery product company. The National Biscuit Company was formed in 1898 when the American Biscuit Company merged with the New York Biscuit Company. Better known ...
Nabokov, Vladimir: Russian-born American novelist and critic, the foremost of the post-1917 emigre authors. He wrote in both Russian and English, and his best works, including Lolita (1955), feature stylish, intricate literary ...
Nabonidus: king of Babylonia from 556 until 539 BC, when Babylon fell to Cyrus, king of Persia. After a popular rising led by the priests of Marduk, chief god of the ...
Nabu: major god in the Assyro-Babylonian pantheon. He was patron of the art of writing and a god of vegetation. Nabu's symbols were the clay tablet and the stylus, the instruments ...
Nabu-rimanni: the earliest Babylonian astronomer known by name, who devised the so-called System A, a group of ephemerides, or tables, giving the positions of the Moon, Sun, and planets at any ...
Nabuco de Araujo, Joaquim Aurelio Barreto: statesman and diplomat, leader of the abolition movement in Brazil, and man of letters.
Nabul: town, northeastern Tunisia, on the Hammamet Gulf. Formerly a Phoenician settlement, it was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC and later rebuilt as a Roman colony called Neapolis. It ...
Nabulus: city of central Palestine, the largest community of the West Bank (Judaea and Samaria) territory under Israeli administration since 1967. The city lies in an enclosed, fertile valley and is ...
Nacaome: city, southern Honduras, on the seasonally dry Nacaome River. It was founded in 1535 and given city status in 1845. Its colonial church, rebuilt in 1867, still stands. Nacaome is ...
Nachi-katsuura: town, Wakayama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean. Lying within Yoshino-Kumano National Park, the town is a summer resort renowned for its proximity to more than 40 waterfalls. ...
Nachikufan industry: industry of the African Late Stone Age practiced by hunting-gathering peoples who occupied the wooded plateaus of south-central Africa some 10,000-11,000 years ago. The Nachikufan tool industry is characterized by ...
Nachtigal, Gustav: explorer of the Sahara who helped Germany obtain protectorates in western equatorial Africa. After spending several years as a military surgeon, he went to Tunisia as physician to the bey ...
Nacka: town in the lan (county) of Stockholm, southeastern Sweden, on the Sodertorn peninsula of the landskap (province) of Sodermanland. A southeastern suburb of Stockholm, it developed into a residential and ...
Nacogdoches: city, seat (1837) of Nacogdoches county, eastern Texas, U.S., near the Angelina River, 140 miles (225 km) north-northeast of Houston. In 1716 a Spanish mission (Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe) was ...
nacrite: clay mineral, a form of kaolinite (q.v.).
Nadar: French writer, caricaturist, and photographer who is remembered primarily for his photographic portraits, which are considered to be among the best done in the 19th century.
Nadel, S F: Austrian-born British anthropologist whose investigations of African ethnology led him to explore theoretical questions.
Nadelman, Elie: Polish-born sculptor whose mannered, curvilinear human figures greatly influenced early 20th-century American sculpture.
Nader, Ralph: American lawyer and consumer advocate who was a three-time candidate for U.S. president (1996, 2000, and 2004).
Nadi, Nedo; and Nadi, Aldo: Italian brothers who were among the greatest and most versatile fencers in the history of the sport. At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, the Nadi brothers led Italy ...
Nadiad: city, east-central Gujarat state, west-central India. It is situated in the lowlands between the Vindhya Range and the Gulf of Cambay (an extension of the Arabian Sea). Nadiad is a ...
Nadig, Marie-Therese: Swiss Alpine skier who won surprise victories over the pre-Olympic favourite, Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proll, in the downhill and giant slalom events at the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan.
Nadir Shah: Iranian ruler and conqueror who created an Iranian empire that stretched from the Indus River to the Caucasus Mountains.
Nador: city, northeastern Morocco. The city is a small Mediterranean port on the Bou Areg Lagoon and a trading centre for fish, fruits, and livestock. It is linked to the Spanish ...
Naestved: city, Storstrom amtskommune (county commune), southern Sjaelland (Zealand), Denmark, on the Susa River. Naestved originated around a Benedictine monastery, founded in 1135. The monks moved at the ...
Naevius, Gnaeus: second of a triad of early Latin epic poets and dramatists, between Livius Andronicus and Ennius. He was the originator of historical plays (fabulae praetextae) that were based on Roman ...
Nafels, Battle of: (April 9, 1388), major victory for the Swiss Confederation in the first century of its struggle for self-determination against Habsburg overlordship. Though the catastrophic defeat of the Austrians at Sempach ...
Naftah: oasis town, southwestern Tunisia. It lies on the northwest shore of Al-Jarid saline lake, which is an important source of phosphates. It was known to the Romans as Aggarsel Nepte. ...
Nafud, An-: desert, northern Saudi Arabia, covering about 25,000 square miles (64,000 square km). The reddish, sandy An-Nafud (Arabic: "The Desert") is sometimes called the Great Nafud; it lies at an elevation ...
Nafusah Plateau: hilly limestone massif, northwestern Libya. It extends in a west-northeasterly arc between Al-Jifarah (Gefara) plain and Al-Hamra' Plateau. With heights ranging from 1,500 to 3,200 feet (460 to 980 m), ...
naga: ("serpent"), in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a member of a class of semidivine beings, half human and half serpentine. They are considered to be a strong, handsome race who can ...
Naga: group of tribes inhabiting the Naga Hills of Nagaland (q.v.) state in northeastern India. They include more than 20 tribes of mixed origin, varying cultures, and very different physiques and ...
Naga: city, southeastern Luzon, Philippines. It is situated along the Bicol River, south of San Miguel Bay. Founded in 1573 as Nueva Caceres by the Spaniards, it is the site every ...
Naga Hills: part of the complex mountain barrier on the border of India and Myanmar (Burma). A northern extension of the Arakan Yoma system, the Naga Hills reach a height of 12,552 ...
Nagai Kafu: Japanese novelist strongly identified with Tokyo and its immediate premodern past.
Nagaland: state of India. It lies in the hills and mountains of the northeastern part of the country. One of the smallest states of India, it has a total area of ...
nagana: a form of the disease trypanosomiasis (q.v.), occurring chiefly in cattle and horses and caused by several species of the protozoan Trypanosoma. The disease, which occurs in southern and central ...
Nagano: landlocked ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. Most of the prefecture is more than 2,600 feet (790 m) in elevation, and 15 peaks, mostly volcanic, rise to more than 9,800 feet ...
Nagano: city, Nagano ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It is the capital of the prefecture and is situated in the Nagano Basin. The city dates from the 12th-13th century and grew ...
Nagano Osami: Japanese admiral who planned and ordered the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, which triggered U.S. involvement in World War II.
Nagaoka: city, Niigata ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the middle reaches of the Shinano River. A castle town in the 1600s, it prospered with the discovery of the Higashiyama oil well ...
Nagaon: city, central Assam state, northeastern India, lying on the Kalang River. It is an agricultural trade centre and has several colleges affiliated with Gauhati University, a technical school, and a ...
Nagappattinam: port city, east-central Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It lies on the Bay of Bengal, about 250 miles (400 km) south of Chennai (Madras). An ancient port known to have ...
Nagarakrtagama: Javanese epic poem written in 1365 by Prapanca. Considered the most important work of the vernacular literature that developed in the Majapahit era, the poem venerates King Hayam Wuruk (reigned ...
Nagarjuna: Indian Buddhist monk-philosopher and founder of the Madhyamika ("Middle Path") school whose clarification of the concept of sunyata ("emptiness") is regarded as an intellectual and spiritual achievement of the highest ...
Nagasaki: ken (prefecture), northwestern Kyushu, Japan, facing the East China Sea. It includes the islands of Tsushima, Iki, Hirado, and the Goto Archipelago. The prefecture has an irregular shape, with rounded ...
Nagasaki: capital and largest city, Nagasaki ken (prefecture), western Kyushu, Japan, at the mouth of the Urakami-gawa (Urakami River) where it empties into Nagasaki-ko (Nagasaki Harbour). The harbour is composed of ...
nagaswaram: conical double-reed aerophone of southern India related to the shawm and the oboe. The nagaswaram may be as long as 35 inches (89 cm). It is made of dark wood ...
Nagaur: town, administrative headquarters of Nagaur district, Rajasthan state, western India. Nagaur, a walled town held successively by the 12th-century Hindu ruler of Dilli (Delhi), Prthviraja, by the 12th- and 13th-century ...
nagauta: (Japanese: "long song"), basic lyric musical accompaniment of Japanese Kabuki and classical dances (buyo). The genre is found in the Kabuki plays by the mid-17th century, although the term itself ...
nageire: (Japanese: "thrown in"), in Japanese floral art, the style of arranging that stresses fresh and spontaneous designs adhering only loosely to the classical principles of triangular structure and colour harmony. ...
Nagel, Ernest: American philosopher noted for his work on the implications of science.
Nageli, Hans Franz: Swiss politician and military leader who was prominent in Bern's public affairs for nearly 40 years.
Nageli, Karl Wilhelm von: Swiss botanist famous for his work on plant cells.
Nagercoil: city, southernmost Tamil Nadu state, southern India. Nagercoil lies west of the Aramboli Gap in the Western Ghats. It controls the major routes between Madras and Trivandrum and is a ...
Nagodba: 1868, pact that governed Croatia's political status as a territory of Hungary until the end of World War I. When the Ausgleich, or Compromise, of 1867 created the Austro-Hungarian Dual ...
Nagorno-Karabakh: region of southwestern Azerbaijan. It occupies an area of 1,700 square miles (4,400 square km) on the northeastern flank of the Karabakh Range of the Lesser Caucasus and extends from ...
Nagoya: capital of Aichi ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan, and one of the country's leading industrial cities. It is located at the head of Ise Bay.
Nagpur: city, northeastern Maharashtra state, western India. It lies along the Nag River and is situated almost at the geographic centre of India. The present city was founded in the early ...
Nags Head: resort town, Dare county, eastern North Carolina, U.S. It is situated on Bodie Island (one of the Outer Banks barrier islands) between Roanoke Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, just south ...
Nagua: city, northern Dominican Republic, located just north of the mouth of the Nagua River, facing Escocesa Bay, on the Atlantic Ocean. Nagua is located on the main coastal road connecting ...