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Nayi Kahani
Nayi Kahani (नई कहानी, "New Story") was a Hindi literary movement from about 1950 that turned the short story toward the inner life of the urban middle class.
Nayi Kavita
Nayi Kavita (नई कविता, "New Poetry") is a modernist movement in Hindi poetry that took shape around the anthologies edited by Agyeya, beginning with Tar Saptak in 1943.
Nayib Bukele
Nayib Bukele (born 1981) is president of El Salvador since 2019, founder of Nuevas Ideas, first country to adopt Bitcoin legal tender (2021), and author of a gang crackdown under a state of exception with 90,000+ detentions and indefinite reelection reform.
Nayika classification
Nayika classification (nāyikā-bheda, नायिका भेद) is the system in Sanskrit poetics by which a heroine is sorted into named types, best known as the eight heroines of the Nāṭyaśāstra.
Nayim
Nayim (Mohamed Alí Amar, born 1966, Ceuta) is a Spanish retired midfielder of Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, and Real Zaragoza; first Spaniard in the Premier League and scorer of the 40-metre lob that won Zaragoza the 1995 Cup Winners' Cup final against Arsenal.
Nayirah testimony
The Nayirah testimony (Nayirah al-Sabah, October 10, 1990) was an unsworn incubator-atrocity claim to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, arranged by Hill & Knowlton for Kuwait-funded Citizens for a Free Kuwait; later investigations found no reliable evidence.
Nayl al-Ibtihaj
Nayl al-Ibtihaj (نيل الابتهاج) is a biographical dictionary of Maliki jurists by the Timbuktu scholar Ahmad Baba, completed in 1597 during his forced exile in Marrakesh as a supplement to Ibn Farhun's al-Dibaj al-mudhhab.
Naymlap
Naymlap, also spelled Naylamp or Ñaimlap, is the legendary founder of the Lambayeque dynasty on Peru's north coast, said to have arrived by sea on a fleet of balsa rafts.
Nayong-1 power station
Nayong-1 power station (纳雍一厂) is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power plant in Nayong county, Bijie, Guizhou, China, built from 2001 to 2004 under the West-to-East power transmission program.
Nayopayam kvatha curna
Nayopayam kvatha curna (Nāyopāyam kvātha cūrṇa), an Ayurvedic polyherbal decoction of Sida cordifolia, Cuminum cyminum, and Zingiber officinale in classical ratios 3:2:1 or 10:1:1, used for respiratory ailments, heart problems, and postnatal care; AFI dose 48 g.
Naypyidaw (နေပြည်တော်)
Naypyidaw (နေပြည်တော်, Abode of Kings) is Myanmar's purpose-built capital since 2005-06: 7,054 km², 2014 population 1.16 million, zoned ministries, 20-lane highways, junta seat since 2021, cost estimated $3-5 billion, never disclosed.
Nayt
Nayt is the stage name of William Mezzanotte, born 1994 in Isernia and raised in Rome, an Italian rapper whose albums Lettera Q and io Individuo topped the Italian charts.
Nayu Kiyohara
Nayu Kiyohara (清原奈侑, born 1991, Osaka) is a Japanese softball catcher for Hitachi Sundeyva who won gold in women's softball at Tokyo 2020, wearing number 21 and appearing in two games as catcher and pinch hitter.
Nayuki
Nayuki (奈雪的茶) is a Shenzhen-based chain of premium tea houses selling fresh-fruit tea and bakery, founded in 2015 and listed in Hong Kong in 2021.
Nayunuwi Montes
Nayunuwi Montes, a 900 km mountain range on Venus at 2.00°N 83.00°E on the northern margin of Ovda Regio; IAU-named 1997 after a Cherokee stone-clad female monster; proposed site of recent tessera formation.
Nayutan Alien
Nayutan Alien (ナユタン星人) is a Japanese Vocaloid producer who debuted in 2015 with "Andromeda Andromeda" and became known for fast, space-themed songs like "Alien Alien".
Naz Reid
Naz Reid (Nazreon Hilton Reid, born 1999) is an American NBA center-forward, undrafted from LSU in 2019, who won the 2023-24 Sixth Man of the Year with Minnesota before being traded to the Charlotte Hornets in June 2026.
Naz Shah
Naz Shah (Naseem Shah, born 1973) is the Labour MP for Bradford West since 2015, when she unseated George Galloway; former shadow Home Office minister, resigned November 2023 over a Gaza ceasefire vote, re-elected 2024 with a 707 majority.
NAZA (film)
NAZA (נז"א) is a 2026 British investigative documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, produced by The Guardian and JW Films, in which 24 anonymous Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers describe Gaza targeting systems on Tel Aviv rooftops; it won the Venice Special Jury Prize and sparked an IDF rebuttal.
Naza (musician)
Naza, born Jean-Désiré Sosso Dzabatou in 1993, is a French rapper of Congolese origin from Creil whose "urban rumba" fuses Congolese rumba with hip-hop, producing gold and platinum albums from Incroyable (2017) to RDF (2026).
Nazakat Ali
Nazakat Ali Khan (1932–1983) was a Pakistani classical khyal vocalist of the Sham Chaurasi gharana, the elder half of the famed duo with his brother Salamat Ali Khan.
Nazam
Nazam, from the Arabic نظم (nazm), is a rhymed poem in the Malay poetic tradition used for religious teaching and advice, usually performed by being sung.
Nazanin Boniadi (نازنین بنیادی)
Nazanin Boniadi (نازنین بنیادی), Iranian-born British actress and activist born 1980 in Tehran; Bronwyn in The Rings of Power, Fara Sherazi in Homeland, 2023 Sydney Peace Prize laureate and Amnesty spokesperson.
Nazanin Mandi
Nazanin Mandi (Nazanin Aliza Mandighomi, born 1986) is an American actress, singer, model, and certified life coach from Valencia, California; a former top-35 American Idol contestant at 15, Savage X Fenty ambassador, and ex-wife of singer Miguel.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (born 1978) is a British-Iranian Thomson Reuters Foundation project manager detained in Iran 2016-2022 on spying and propaganda charges, released after the UK paid a £400m tank debt.
Nazar (amulet)
The nazar, called nazar boncuğu in Turkish, is a handmade blue glass eye bead worn to ward off the evil eye, a harm believed to follow envious glances.
Nazar (नज़र) (TV series)
Nazar (नज़र), StarPlus Hindi supernatural thriller (2018-2020) by 4 Lions Films, directed by Atif Khan; the Rathod family versus the 200-year-old daayan Mohana (Monalisa); 432 episodes, remade as Bengali Nojor, ended early due to COVID-19.
Nazarabad
Nazarabad (نظرآباد) is a city and county seat in Alborz Province, Iran, 79 km northwest of Tehran; population 119,512 (2016 census), near the 9,000-year-old Ozbaki archaeological mound.
Nazaré, Portugal
Nazaré, Portugal: Atlantic municipality in Leiria district, Oeste region, about 14,680 residents on 82 km2 across three parishes. Famous for its crescent beach, seven-skirt fishwives, Sítio cliff, and giant Praia do Norte waves over the 5-km-deep Nazaré Canyon.
Nazarene (sect)
The Nazarenes, also called Nazarene Jews or Nazoraeans, were a Jewish-Christian sect of late antiquity that believed Jesus was the Messiah while keeping the Mosaic Law, including circumcision and the Sabbath.