| | - Nahum, Book of
- the seventh of 12 Old Testament books that bear the names of the Minor Prophets (grouped together as The Twelve in the Jewish canon). The title identifies the book as ... [1 Related Articles]
- Nahyan dynasty
- (from the article "United Arab Emirates") ...became dominant. The Banu Yas were centred on the Al-'Ayn and Al-Liwa' oases of Abu Zaby, and their strength was land-based. Under the leadership of the Al Nahyan (members of ...
- Nahyan, Sheikh Khalifah ibn Zayid Al
- (from the article "United Arab Emirates") Area: 83,600 sq km (32,280 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 4,444,000, of whom fewer than 900,000 are citizens | Capital: Abu Dhabi | Chief of state: President Sheikh Khalifah ...
- Nahyan, Sheikh Shakhbut ibn Sultan Al
- Arab potentate who ruled Abu Zaby from 1928 until he was deposed in 1966. [1 Related Articles]
- Nahyan, Sheikh Zayid ibn Sultan Al
- president of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004 and emir of Abu Zaby from 1966 to 2004. He was credited with modernizing the U.A.E. and making it one ... [6 Related Articles]
- nai
- (from the article "panpipe") ...it has been mainly a shepherd's instrument and has so endured in the Pyrenees. In Romania, however, it is played among professional lautari (fiddlers); their panpipe, the nai, has from ...
- Nai Talimi Sangh
- (from the article "Sevagram") The town is also the site of the Nai Talimi Sangh, the educational centre established by Gandhi. He gave it the tasks of building a self-sufficient community by providing its ...
- Naiad
- (from Greek naiein, "to flow"), in Greek mythology, one of the nymphs of flowing water-springs, rivers, fountains, lakes. The Naiads, appropriately in their relation to freshwater, were represented as beautiful, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Naiad
- (from the article "Moons of Neptune") ...from the Neptunian system, thrown into Neptune itself, or absorbed by the molten Triton. Even those moons orbiting closer to Neptune would not have escaped some disruption. The present orbits ...
- Naiditsch, Arkady
- (from the article "Chess") The Dortmund tournament on July 8-17 also saw a welcome reduction of draws. Naiditsch, the local man, scored the biggest surprise of recent years, emerging on top at 5.5/9; second ...
- Naidu, Chandrababu
- One of the up-and-coming figures in Indian politics in 1999, Chandrababu Naidu was viewed as a future prime minister by many political analysts. In October he won a second term ...
- Naidu, Sarojini
- political activist, feminist, poet-writer, and the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress and to be appointed an Indian state governor. [1 Related Articles]
- Naiguata
- (from the article "Venezuela") ...although it covers only a tiny fraction of the national territory. In the intermontane valleys are the major cities of Caracas, Valencia, and Maracay, and all but the steepest slopes ...
- Naijok
- (from the article "Lotuxo") Another important office is that of the diviner, who can counter witchcraft and whose power is hereditary. Lotuxo believe in a supreme being, Naijok, who is a power associated with ...
- nail
- in the anatomy of humans and other primates, horny plate that grows on the back of each finger and toe at its outer end. It corresponds to the claw, hoof, ... [7 Related Articles]
- nail
- in construction and carpentry, a slender metal shaft that is pointed at one end and flattened at the other end and is used for fastening one or more objects to ... [1 Related Articles]
- nail
- (from the article "finger") ...derives ultimately from the digitus, the smallest of the basic Roman linear measures. From the digitus came the English nail, which equaled 34inch, or ...
- nail violin
- (from the article "percussion instrument") During the 18th century several friction idiophones were introduced, among them the nail violin of Johann Wilde (c. 1740), with its tuned nails bowed by a violin bow. More characteristic ...
- nail-patella syndrome
- rare hereditary (autosomal dominant) disorder characterized by small fingernails and toenails that show a tendency to split; small or absent kneecaps (patellae); underdevelopment of parts of the knee, elbow joint, ...
- nail-tailed wallaby
- (from the article "wallaby") ...prettily coloured in shades of brown and gray and are distinguished by stripes, patches, or other markings. They are extremely agile on rocky terrain. The three species of nail-tailed wallabies ...
- nailhead
- projecting ornamental molding resembling the head of a nail, used in early Gothic architecture. Nailheads were used to fasten nailwork to a door, which was often studded with them decoratively, ...
- Naima, Mustafa
- Turkish historian who wrote a history, Tarih, of the period 1591-1659. [1 Related Articles]
- Naiman
- (from the article "Central Asia, history of") It is probable that Turks were incorporated in the nascent Mongol empire. In a series of tribal wars that led to the defeat of the Merkits and the Naimans, his ...
- Naiman khan
- (from the article "Genghis Khan") ...of the rising power of the Mongols, tried to form yet another coalition, with the participation of Jamuka, but was utterly defeated and lost his kingdom. Jamuka, inconstant as ever, ...
- Nain province
- (from the article "North America") ...the constituent continents behaved as relatively rigid dies, called cratons, on which the adjoining cratons were molded during their mutual aggregation; the Slave craton lies to the northwest, the Nain ...
- Nainital
- town, northern Uttaranchal state, northern India. The town lies in the Siwalik Range. Founded in 1841, it is a popular resort, lying at 6,346 feet (1,934 metres) above sea level. ...
- Naipaul, Sir V.S.
- Trinidadian writer of Indian descent known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries. For these revelations of what the Swedish Academy called "suppressed histories," Naipaul won the Nobel Prize ... [1 Related Articles]
- Nair, Mira
- Indian director known for her documentaries and feature films dealing with controversial subject matter. [2 Related Articles]
- naira
- monetary unit of Nigeria. The naira is divided into 100 kobo. The naira was introduced in 1973, when the country decimalized its monetary system and substituted the naira for the ...
- Nairne, Carolina Nairne, Baroness
- Scottish songwriter and laureate of Jacobitism, who wrote "Charlie Is My Darling," "The Hundred Pipers," "The Land o' the Leal," and "Will Ye No' Come Back Again?"
- Nairnshire
- historic county, northeastern Scotland, on the southern shore of the Moray Firth. The town of Nairn is the historic county town (seat) and the principal town.
- Nairobi
- city and capital of Kenya. It is situated in the south-central part of the country, in the highlands at an elevation of about 5,500 feet (1,680 metres). The city lies ... [14 Related Articles]
- Nairobi Area
- (from the article "Nairobi") ...from rural Kenya that made it one of the largest cities in tropical Africa. It was declared a municipality in 1919 and in 1954 was granted city status. When Kenya ...
- Nairobi National Park
- national park, in south-central Kenya, 5 miles (8 km) south of Nairobi. It was the first national park established in Kenya (1946), has an area of 45 square miles (117 ...
- Nairobi Stock Exchange
- (from the article "Kenya") ...system, acts as banker and financial adviser to the government, and grants short-term or seasonal loans. There also are a large number of commercial, merchant, and foreign banks in Kenya. ...
- Nairobi, University of
- (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") Public universities include the University of Nairobi (1956) and Kenyatta University (1972) in Nairobi, Moi University (1984) in Eldoret, and Egerton University (1939) in Njoro, as well as the Jomo ...
- Nairovi
- (from the article "Kieta") ...Arawa Bay (Rawa Harbour) and is a port of call with a long wharf for coastal and Australian shipping. The town trades chiefly in copra, cocoa, and small amounts of ...
- Nais
- (from the article "annelid") ...aquatic worms; male gonopores in segment immediately behind testes; seminal receptacle at or near segment containing testes; size, minute to 1-3 cm; examples of genera: Nais,
- Naisiusiu Beds
- (from the article "Olduvai Gorge") ...Bed III (800,000-1,150,000 years old), Bed IV (600,000-800,000 years old), the Masek Beds (400,000-600,000 years old), the Ndutu Beds (32,000-400,000 years old), and the Naisiusiu Beds (15,000-22,000 years old).
- Naismith, James A.
- Canadian-American physical-education director who, in December 1891, at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School, afterward Springfield (Mass.) College, invented the game of basketball. [2 Related Articles]
- Naivasha, Lake
- lake, in the eastern arm of the East African Rift System, 35 mi (56 km) southeast of Nakuru, Kenya. It is flanked by the Ilkinopop (Kinangop) Plateau (east) and the ... [2 Related Articles]
- naive art
- work of artists in sophisticated societies who lack or reject conventional expertise in the representation or depiction of real objects. Naive artists are not to be confused with hobbyists, or ... [2 Related Articles]
- naive set theory
- (from the article "set theory") Introduction to naive set theory
- Naj' Hammadi
- town in Qina muhafazah (governorate), on the west bank of the Nile, in Upper Egypt, on or near the site of the ancient town of Chenoboskion. It is a market ... [3 Related Articles]
- Najaf, Al-
- (from the article "Najaf, Al-") Al-Najaf governorate is a flat region extending from the Euphrates River in the northeast to the Saudi Arabian border in the southwest. Except for the area near the river, the ...
- Najaf, Al-
- city, capital of Al-Najaf muhafazah (governorate), central Iraq. Located about 100 miles (160 km) south of Baghdad, Al-Najaf lies on a ridge just west of the Euphrates River. It is ... [7 Related Articles]
- Najah
- (from the article "Najahid Dynasty") ...The Ziyadid kingdom at Zabid (819-1018) had in its final years been controlled by Mamluk viziers, the last of whom divided Yemen between two slaves, Nafis and Najah. Nafis murdered ...
- Najahid Dynasty
- Muslim dynasty of Ethiopian Mamluks (slaves) that ruled Yemen in the period 1022-1158 from its capital at Zabid. The Ziyadid kingdom at Zabid (819-1018) had in its final years been ... [2 Related Articles]
- Najash rionegrina
- (from the article "Life Sciences") ...concerning the evolution of snakes was that they underwent progressive loss of their limbs through a gradual decrease of their use. A newly described Late Cretaceous fossil snake from Patagonia, ...
- Najatapola Dewai
- (from the article "Bhaktapur") To the south is another square with the 18th-century Najatapola Dewai, or five-tiered temple, and a temple to Bhairava, guarded by two copper-gilt singhas (mythical lions). A ...
- Najd
- region, central Saudi Arabia, comprising a mainly rocky plateau sloping eastward from the mountains of the Hejaz. On the northern, eastern, and southern sides, it is bounded by the sand ... [4 Related Articles]
- Najd Fault
- (from the article "Asia") ...715 and 630 million years ago. Following this amalgamation, intracontinental deformation occurred between 630 and 550 million years ago, giving rise mainly to the northwest-southeast-oriented Najd fault belt in central ...
- Najdorf, Mieczyslaw
- Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster who was active in the sport for nearly 70 years, during which he won 52 international tournaments, was for a time ranked in the top-10 players ...
- Najera, Battle of
- (from the article "Henry II") ...younger half brother, Peter I (Peter the Cruel), invaded Castile with French aid in 1366, and was crowned king at Burgos. Peter sought English aid, and Henry was routed by ...
- Najib-ud-Daulah
- (from the article "India") ...where a regional confederation was emerging again under the Sikhs. With Shah 'Alam II away in Bihar, the throne in Delhi remained vacant from 1759 to 1771. During most of ...
- Najibullah, Mohammad
- Afghan military official who was president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992. [5 Related Articles]
- Najin
- city, Hamgyong-pukto (North Hamgyong province), northeastern North Korea. It is located on Najin Bay, on the East Sea (Sea of Japan). Protected by Taech'o and Soch'o islands, it has a ...
- Najran
- (from the article "Najran") ...frontier. It is bounded by the provinces of Al-Riyad (north), Al-Sharqiyah (east), and 'Asir (west). The province is composed of the 'Asir plateau (west), Najran plateau (centre), and the Rub' ...
- Najran
- town, oasis, and mintaqah (province), southern 'Asir region, southwestern Saudi Arabia, in the desert along the Yemen frontier. It is bounded by the provinces of Al-Riyad (north), ... [1 Related Articles]
- Naka Michiyo
- (from the article "chronology") ...at least insofar as the chronological information is concerned. They have suggested that the foundation year of Japan was 600 years later than stated in the Nihon ...
- naka-ima
- (from the article "Shinto") ...interpret this edict as revealing the eternal development of history as well as the eternity of the dynasty. From the viewpoint of finite individuals, Shintoists also stress naka-ima ("middle present"), ...
- Nakae Chomin
- noted writer who popularized the equalitarian doctrines of the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Japan. As a result, Nakae is often considered the spiritual founder of the Japanese democratic movement.
- Nakae Toju
- Neo-Confucian scholar who established in Japan the Idealist thought of the Chinese philosopher Wang Yang-ming. [1 Related Articles]
- Nakagami Kenji
- prolific Japanese novelist whose writing was deeply influenced by his upbringing in a burakumin family. [1 Related Articles]
- Nakagawa, Shoichi
- (from the article "Japan") ...will and capability to meet the full range-and I underscore, the full range-of its deterrent and security commitments to Japan." Despite the promise of nuclear protection, Aso and Shoichi Nakagawa, ...
- Nakagin Capsule Tower
- (from the article "Kurokawa Kisho") ...radical of the group, became an advocate for buildings with a central core onto which modules and capsules could be attached. He realized this organic view of architecture in buildings ...
- Nakajima family
- (from the article "Hokusai") Hokusai was born in the Honjo quarter just east of Edo (Tokyo) and became interested in drawing at the age of five. He was adopted in childhood by a prestigious ...
- Nakajima, Hiroshi
- In January 1988 the executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO), reviewed the credentials of various candidates before recommending that Hiroshi Nakajima be elected WHO's fourth director general. Four ...
- Nakamura Nakazo I
- Japanese kabuki actor who introduced male roles into the kabuki theatre's dance pieces (shosagoto), which had been traditionally reserved for female impersonators.
- Nakamura Nakazo III
- Kabuki actor who specialized in playing villains. He was the son of a female dancer of the Shigayama school and began his career performing at the Nakamura-za (Nakamura Theatre). His ...
- Nakamura Utaemon
- notable line of actors in the kabuki theatre of Japan.
- Nakamura Utaemon I
- (from the article "Nakamura Utaemon") Nakamura Utaemon I (b. 1714-d. Nov. 23, 1791, Osaka, Japan) became well known for his performance of villains' roles. His student Utaemon II (who, as is customary in Japanese tradition, ...
- Nakamura Utaemon II
- (from the article "Nakamura Utaemon") Nakamura Utaemon I (b. 1714-d. Nov. 23, 1791, Osaka, Japan) became well known for his performance of villains' roles. His student Utaemon II (who, as is customary in Japanese tradition, ...
- Nakamura Utaemon III
- (from the article "Nakamura Utaemon") ...in Japanese tradition, assumed the name as well as the role of his master) later discarded that name, but Utaemon I's son (b. March 31, 1778-d. Sept. 12, 1838, Osaka) ...
- Nakamura Utaemon IV
- (from the article "Nakamura Utaemon") ...could brilliantly perform the entire spectrum of male and onnagata (female impersonator) roles, Utaemon III became one of the most famous kabuki actors of his day. His student and successor, ...
- Nakamura Utaemon V
- (from the article "Nakamura Utaemon") Utaemon V (b. Feb. 12, 1866, Edo-d. Sept. 12, 1940, Tokyo) became a leading actor in onnagata roles during the Meiji period and worked to ensure the artistic continuity of ...
- Nakamura, Fuminori
- (from the article "Literature") ...of his liking for nymphets somehow puts his life back on course by helping out in girls' primary-school theatres in his hometown. The Akutagawa Prize for the second half of ...
- Nakamura, Kazuo
- Canadian artist (b. Oct. 13, 1926, Vancouver, B.C.-d. April 9, 2002, Toronto, Ont.), was a prominent member of Painters Eleven, a group of Toronto-based avant-garde artists who championed abstract art ...
- Nakamura, Kiharu
- Japanese geisha (b. 1913, Tokyo, Japan-d. Jan. 5, 2004, Queens, N.Y.), was one of the last authentic participants in the Japanese art of the geisha. Her affluent parents were shocked ...
- Nakane Chie
- (from the article "anthropology") Nakane Chie of the University of Tokyo, trained after the war, has long been the best-known Japanese anthropologist outside Japan. Noteworthy in part as one of very few women of ...
- Nakanoshima
- (from the article "Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area") The central business district is the northern part of the downtown area. Nakanoshima, an island formed by arms of the Yodo River, contains City Hall, the Central Civic Hall, the ...
- Nakasone Yasuhiro
- Japanese politician, leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP; 1982-89), and prime minister of Japan (1982-87). [1 Related Articles]
- Nakatomi family
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...time. From there, the imperial court-which claimed lineage from the Sun Goddess-ruled over a loose confederation of rival clans, the most powerful of which were the Soga, Mononobe, and Nakatomi. ...
- Nakatsu
- city, Oita ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan. It lies along the mouth of the Yamakuni River facing the Inland Sea. The city developed around a castle built in 1587 by ...
- Nakatsukuni
- (from the article "Shinto") Two different views of the world were present in ancient Shinto. One was the three-dimensional view in which the Plain of High Heaven (Takama no Hara, the kami's world), Middle ...
- Nakauchi, Isao
- Isao Nakauchi was a retailer who had always wanted to end the traditional right of Japanese manufacturers to determine what products made it to the market and how much they ...
- Nakayama Miki
- (from the article "Shinto") ...the founder of this group and means, literally, "golden light") by Kawate Bunjiro (1814-83); and Tenri-kyo (tenri means "divine reason or wisdom") by Nakayama Miki (1798-1887)-were based mostly on individual ...
- Nakbe
- archaeological site in the dense tropical forest of northern Guatemala, thought to be one of the earliest ceremonial centres of Mayan culture.
- naked bat
- (from the article "free-tailed bat") ...bats about 4-13 cm (1.6-5.1 inches) long excluding the 1.5-8-cm (0.6-3.1-inch) tail. Their ears are large and are joined across the forehead in some species. Except for the naked, or ...
- naked blesmol
- (from the article "blesmol") ...are the dune blesmols (genus Bathyergus), which weigh up to 1.8 kg (4 pounds) and are 18 to 33 cm (7.1 to 13 inches) long with very short, hairy tails ...
- naked DNA therapy
- (from the article "vaccine") ...microorganisms. A similar procedure can be followed using a modified bacterium, such as Salmonella typhimurium, as the carrier of a foreign gene. Another approach, called naked DNA ...
- naked-throated bellbird
- (from the article "bellbird") ...three bill wattles. One hangs from each corner of the mouth, and another dangles from the bill's upper base, each wattle measuring about one-third the length of the entire 30-cm ...
- naker
- small kettledrum that reached Europe from the Middle East in the 13th century, during the Crusades. Nakers were made of wood, metal, or clay and were sometimes equipped with snares. ... [4 Related Articles]
- Nakh languages
- languages spoken in the Caucasus in southwestern Russia and in the Akhmeta district of Georgia. The Nakh language group includes Chechen, Ingush, and Bats (Tsova-Tushian). Because Bats has no written ... [5 Related Articles]
- nakharar
- (from the article "Armenia") ...The Armenian patriarchate became one of the surest stays of the Arsacid monarchy and the guardian of national unity after its fall. The chiefs of Armenian clans, called
- Nakheel
- (from the article "The Gulf States' Construction Boom") Infrastructure projects were being financed on a scale not hitherto experienced. Many of these endeavours were associated with islands formed by land reclaimed from the sea. Nakheel ("The Palms"), a ...
- Nakhichevan
- exclave and autonomous republic of Azerbaijan, in the southern part of the Transcaucasian plateau. It is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, ... [3 Related Articles]
- Nakhichevan
- capital of the Nakhichevan autonomous republic, in Azerbaijan. It lies along the Nakhichevan River about 170 miles (270 km) south-southeast of Tbilisi. Nakhichevan is extremely old, dated by some archaeologists ...
- Nakhla meteorite
- (from the article "olivine") In meteorites, the olivine is usually a forsteritic variety containing only Fa15 to Fa30. In the Nakhla (Egypt) meteorite (an achondrite meteorite), the olivine is more ferrous, however, containing as ...
- nakhlite
- (from the article "achondrite") ...processes within asteroids. The majority of achondrites belong to one of the following groups: acapulcoites, angrites, aubrites, chassignites, diogenites, eucrites, howardites, lodranites, nakhlites, shergottites, and ureilites. The shergottites, nakhlites, and ...
- Nakho-Dagestanian languages
- group of languages spoken in the northeastern Caucasus Mountains. The Nakh division consists of the languages of the Chechen, Ingush, and Bats. The Dagestanian division is more multifarious and includes ... [5 Related Articles]
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