All articles starting with N
16,460 articles
Nativity!
Nativity! is a 2009 British Christmas comedy directed by Debbie Isitt, starring Martin Freeman, largely improvised without a script, a UK box office hit that spawned sequels and stage adaptations.
Natlan
Natlan is the sixth major nation of Teyvat in Genshin Impact, the Pyro Nation of War ruled by Archon Mavuika, released in Version 5.0 on August 28, 2024, with six tribes, Saurian dragons, and African-Latin American cultural inspirations.
NATM in soft ground
NATM in soft ground, known in the United States as the Sequential Excavation Method (SEM), applies the New Austrian Tunnelling Method's sequential excavation with sprayed-concrete lining to soils such as clays, silts, and sands.
Natnu of the Nabayate
Natnu was the leader of the Nabayat, an Arab tribe known from Assyrian records, during Ashurbanipal's reign in the 650s BC; his son Nuhuru succeeded him.
NATO
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a 32-member intergovernmental military alliance founded in Washington on 4 April 1949 by 12 states; its Article 5 collective-defence pledge has been invoked once, after the 9/11 attacks.
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, known as Operation Allied Force, was a 78-day air campaign in 1999 over Kosovo, NATO's largest combat operation, ending with Yugoslav withdrawal.
NATO Communications and Information Agency
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), established on 1 July 2012, is NATO's principal provider of communications, IT, and cyber defense services, with more than 3,000 staff.
NATO Integrated Air Defense System
The NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS), now the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System, is the sensor and command network protecting all 32 Allies' airspace since 1961.
NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Alliance's 1992–1995 monitoring, no-fly zone (Deny Flight), and Deliberate Force air campaign, then IFOR and SFOR peace enforcement implementing Dayton from 1995 to 2004.
NATO Joint Military Symbology
NATO Joint Military Symbology (APP-6/APP-06, STANAG 2019) is NATO's standard for military map symbols, developed from US MIL-STD-2525, using 20-digit SIDC codes and covering air, land, maritime, space, and cyberspace dimensions.
NATO Medal
NATO Medal: campaign and service medal authorized by the NATO Secretary General for qualifying service in designated NATO operations, first presented 27 November 1995 for former Yugoslavia service; bronze design with NATO star, Article 5 and Non-Article 5 ribbon variants, clasps, and the silver Meritorious Service Medal.
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA), inter-parliamentary body founded 1955 in Paris, linking NATO with the parliaments of its 32 member countries; 274 delegates, five committees, non-binding policy recommendations, Rose-Roth outreach programme.
NATO phonetic alphabet
The NATO phonetic alphabet, formally the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, assigns code words from Alfa to Zulu to the 26 letters for clear radio communication.
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are English code names for Soviet, Russian, and Chinese military equipment, assigned by the ASIC with first-letter codes (F fighter, B bomber, G surface-to-air missile) and syllable rules marking propeller versus jet aircraft.
NATO Stock Number
The NATO Stock Number, called a National Stock Number in the United States, is a 13-digit code identifying standardized supply items across NATO and partner forces.
NATO–Russia relations
NATO–Russia relations: post-Cold War partnership through the 1997 Founding Act and 2002 NATO-Russia Council, suspended in 2014 over Crimea and ruptured by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, now NATO's most significant and direct threat.
Natore
Natore (নাটোর) is a district and town in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, on the Narad river 30 miles east of Rajshahi; former capital of the Natore Raj zamindari, district headquarters until 1825, district since 1984.
Natore District
Natore District (নাটোর জেলা), Rajshahi Division, northern Bangladesh; 1,896.05 sq km, about 1.8 million people; former seat of the Natore Raj and Rani Bhavani, made a district in 1984.
Natori (なとり) (musician)
Natori (なとり), Japanese singer-songwriter who began on TikTok in 2021; breakthrough song "Overdose" (2022) hit 100 million streams and placed 9th on Billboard JAPAN's 2023 year-end Hot 100; albums 劇場 (2023) and 深海 (2026); writes anime themes including WIND BREAKER's Absolute Zero and Oshi no Ko's Serenade.
Natpe Thunai (நாட்பே துணை)
Natpe Thunai (நட்பே துணை) is a 2019 Tamil hockey sports comedy-drama, Parthiban Desingu's directorial debut, starring Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi as Prabakaran, produced by Sundar C's Avni Movies, released 4 April 2019, later remade as A1 Express.
Natpukkaga (நட்புக்காக)
Natpukkaga (நட்புக்காக, For Friendship) is a 1998 Tamil drama directed by K. S. Ravikumar, starring Sarathkumar in dual father-son roles with Simran and Vijayakumar; it won Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Best Film and Best Actor awards and was remade as Sneham Kosam and Diggajaru.
Natrialba
Natrialba is a genus of salt-loving archaea (haloarchaea) in the family Natrialbaceae, order Natrialbales, established 1995 by Kamekura and Dyall-Smith with type species Natrialba asiatica; it has seven valid species, both neutrophilic and alkaliphilic members, and is taxonomically polyphyletic per 2021 phylogenomics.
Natrialbales
Natrialbales is an order of extremely halophilic archaea proposed in 2015 for salt- and soda-loving genera such as Natrialba, Natrinema, and Natronococcus, though its status is contested.
Natrium
Natrium is a 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt storage developed by TerraPower and GE Hitachi, able to boost output to 500 MWe.
Natriuresis
Natriuresis is renal sodium excretion, governed by tubular reabsorption, pressure natriuresis, and natriuretic peptides; spot urine sodium guides loop diuretic titration in acute heart failure.
Natriuretic peptide
Natriuretic peptides (ANP, BNP, CNP; BNP and NT-proBNP) are heart-derived peptide hormones used as blood biomarkers to diagnose, risk-stratify, and monitor heart failure, with guideline rule-out thresholds and prognostic value.
Natron
Natron is a naturally occurring sodium carbonate decahydrate mineral that forms around saline soda lakes and served ancient Egyptians as the desiccant in mummification and as a glassmaking flux.
Natron Energy
Natron Energy was an American battery manufacturer founded in 2012 as a Stanford University spinout that made sodium-ion batteries for data center backup power and ceased operations in September 2025.
Natrona County High School
Natrona County High School, traditionally called Casper High, is a public high school in Casper, Wyoming, serving grades 9 through 12 in Natrona County School District #1.
Natronai
Natronai was a ninth-century Exilarch (Resh Galuta) of Babylonian Jewry under Abbasid rule; the office appointed judges, kept a court, and claimed Davidic descent from King Jehoiachin.