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Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
Nebraska's 2nd congressional district is the Omaha-based U.S. House district whose electoral vote (with Maine's 2nd) has gone Democratic in 2008, 2020, and 2024; Cook PVI D+3, seat open in 2026 after Don Bacon's retirement.
Nebsenre
Nebsenre was a pharaoh of Egypt's Fourteenth Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, known only from the Turin King List, which records a reign of 5 months and 20 days.
Nebtu (wife of Thutmose III)
Nebtu is one of the attested wives of Thutmose III, a pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who reigned about 1479 to 1425 BC and was buried in tomb KV34.
Nebty-tepites
Nebty-tepites, also written Nebtytepites or Nebtitepites, was a royal woman of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a daughter of Queen Meresankh II known from a single relief in the family mastaba at Giza.
Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)
The Nebuchadnezzar is Morpheus's hovercraft in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded, named for the Babylonian king of the Book of Daniel, destroyed in the second film, with Geof Darrow concept design and a 'Mark III, No. 11' plaque.
Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle
The Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle, also known as ABC 5 or the Jerusalem Chronicle, is a Babylonian tablet recording Nebuchadnezzar II's early reign, 605 to 595 BCE.
Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder
The Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder, also known as the East India House Inscription, is a large limestone display tablet from Babylon bearing a first-person building inscription of King Nebuchadnezzar II, now in the British Museum.
Nebuchadnezzar I
Nebuchadnezzar I (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur), king of Babylon's Second Dynasty of Isin (ca. 1126–1104 BC), defeated Elam, sacked Susa ca. 1100 BC, and returned Marduk's statue to Babylon; not the later Nebuchadnezzar II.
Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite campaign
Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite campaign was a war fought by Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon against Elam under King Hutelutuš-Inšušinak, later celebrated for the return of Marduk's statue to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar I's recovery of the statue of Marduk
Nebuchadnezzar I's recovery of the statue of Marduk is the traditional account of how Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon defeated Elam around 1125–1104 BC and restored Marduk's stolen statue.
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur), second king of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, reigned 605–562 BCE; won Karchemish, captured Jerusalem in 597 and 587/586, and rebuilt Babylon with the Ishtar Gate and outer wall.
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaign against Egypt (568/567 BC)
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaign against Egypt was a Babylonian invasion in 568/567 BC, in Nebuchadnezzar's thirty-seventh year, against pharaoh Amasis, known from tablet BM 33041; Egypt remained independent.
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns against Ammon and Moab
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns against Ammon and Moab were Babylonian military operations between roughly 604 and 582 BC that reduced Ammon to vassalage and then a province, while Moab was destroyed.
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns in the Levant
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns in the Levant, also called the Babylonian campaigns in Syria-Palestine, were Babylonian operations from about 605 to 582 BC that replaced Egyptian influence with Babylonian domination.
Nebuchadnezzar III
Nebuchadnezzar III, born Nidintu-Bēl, was a Babylonian official who rebelled against Darius I, claiming to be a son of Nabonidus, and ruled Babylonia from October to December 522 BCE.
Nebuchadnezzar IV
Nebuchadnezzar IV, whose personal name was Arakha, was a rebel king of Babylonia in 521 BC who claimed to be a son of Nabonidus; Darius I's forces defeated and executed him.
Nebula
A nebula, also called a gaseous nebula, is an interstellar cloud of gas and dust where new stars form and dying stars cast off glowing shells of gas.
Nebula (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Nebula (MCU) is the blue Luphomoid cyborg adopted daughter of Thanos, played by Karen Gillan from Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) through Guardians Vol. 3, evolving from villain to Guardian; distinct from the 1985 comic space pirate.
Nebula Award
Nebula Awards: annual SFWA-voted prizes for science fiction and fantasy, first given for 1965 works (Dune won Best Novel); four length-based categories plus Bradbury, Norton, game, comic, and poem awards.
Nebula Award for Best Novel
Nebula Award for Best Novel: SFWA's peer-voted annual prize for the best English-language speculative-fiction novel of the year, first given for 1965 (Dune). Elected in two rounds by Full, Associate, and Senior SFWA members; 2025 winner The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.
Nebular continuum
The nebular continuum is smooth light emitted by ionized gas around hot young stars in galaxies, contributing 30–70% of optical and near-infrared emission in vigorously star-forming systems.
Nebular emission
Nebular emission is radiation produced by ionized gas around hot young stars or other ionizing sources, dominated by emission lines like Hα and [O III] that can contribute 20–60% of a young galaxy's broadband light.
Nebular hypothesis
The nebular hypothesis holds that stars and planets form from the gravitational collapse of a rotating cloud of gas and dust; planets accrete from the protoplanetary disk.
Nebulizer
Nebulizer: a medical device turning liquid medication into an inhaled mist for asthma, COPD, and other lung diseases. Types are jet, ultrasonic, and vibrating mesh; first atomizer dates to 1849 France.
Neburon
Neburon (neburea, Kloben) is a phenylurea herbicide, C12H16Cl2N2O, controlling annual grasses and broadleaved weeds via photosystem II inhibition; introduced in the 1950s, now not approved in the EU or UK.
Nebuzaradan
Nebuzaradan (Akkadian Nabû-zēr-iddina) was a high-ranking Babylonian officer under Nebuchadnezzar II who burned Jerusalem, razed its walls, and deported much of its population in 587/586 BC.
Nebwawy
Nebwawy was a High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the early Eighteenth Dynasty, serving under Thutmose III and into the reign of Amenhotep II.
Nebwenenef
Nebwenenef was High Priest of Amun at Thebes in the early 19th Dynasty, appointed by Ramesses II in Year 1 after serving as First Priest of Hathor at Dendera.
NEC
NEC, also known as NEC Corporation or Nippon Electric, is a Japanese information technology and network infrastructure company headquartered in Tokyo and founded in 1899.
NEC Nijmegen
NEC Nijmegen (Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie), Dutch Eredivisie football club founded 1900 as Eendracht, merged 1910; plays at Goffertstadion, four lost KNVB Cup finals, best finish fifth in 2003.