All articles starting with N

Neisi Dajomes

Neisi Dajomes (Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera), Ecuadorian weightlifter born 1998 in Puyo; first Ecuadorian woman to win Olympic gold (76 kg, Tokyo 2020, 263 kg) and Paris 2024 81 kg bronze; served a 14-month clomifene suspension 2025-2026.

Neisseria

Neisseria: genus of Gram-negative diplococci (Neisseriaceae) including the pathogens N. gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis and commensal oropharyngeal species that act as opportunists and resistance-gene reservoirs.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus), Gram-negative diplococcus causing gonorrhoea; discovered by Albert Neisser 1879; obligate human pathogen with 82.4 million 2020 infections, resistance to all antibiotic classes, and no licensed vaccine.

Neisseria meningitidis

Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus): human-only gram-negative diplococcus causing meningitis and sepsis; 12 serogroups, six cause nearly all invasive disease; ~10% nasopharyngeal carriage; capsule, pili, and LOS drive virulence.

Neisseria toxin MafB, N-terminal

Neisseria toxin MafB, N-terminal (DUF1020, MAFB-N) is a conserved protein domain found just after the signal peptide of every full-length MafB toxin in Neisseria species.

Neith

Neith (Nit, Net, Neit), ancient Egyptian goddess of war, weaving, creation, wisdom, and the dead, worshipped from Predynastic times through the Roman era; cult center Sais in the Delta, identified by Greeks with Athena.

Neithea

Neithea (Drouet, 1825) is an extinct Cretaceous–Paleocene pectinid bivalve genus with ribbed, inequivalve shells, a Tethyan biogeographic indicator known from Brazil, India, Japan, and Texas.

Neithhotep

Neithhotep was a queen of Egypt's First Dynasty around 3100 BC, one of the earliest named women in Egyptian history, known from a large mastaba tomb at Naqada.

Neiva, Huila

Neiva, Huila: capital of Colombia's Huila department, founded 24 May 1612 on the Magdalena River; 357,392 inhabitants, 442 m altitude, commercial hub hosting the June Festival Folclórico and Reinado Nacional del Bambuco.

NEIWAI (内外)

NEIWAI (内外) is a Shanghai-based intimates and apparel brand founded in 2012 by Liu Xiaolu and Jiang Li, known for wireless comfort bras, loungewear, and activewear.

Sep 25, 2026

Neixingchang (Inner Depot)

The Neixingchang (内行厂), or Inner Depot, was a secret-police agency of the Ming dynasty, established in 1508 by the eunuch Liu Jin and abolished after his execution.

Nej'

Nej' (Najoua Laamiri, born 1993, Toulouse) is a French-Moroccan urban pop singer; debut album Enchantée (2019), viral hit 'Paro' (2021), album Athéna (2023), sold-out Accor Arena 2023.

Nejanilini

Nejanilini Lake, a large lake in northern Manitoba, Canada, of Dene Suline (Chipewyan) name origin, official since 1944; area 263.346 km2, at tree line near the Manitoba-Nunavut border, namesake of a studied low-Arctic region.

Nejat Eczacıbaşı

Nejat Eczacıbaşı (1913–1993) was a Turkish chemist and industrialist who founded the Eczacıbaşı Group, a family-controlled conglomerate, with a pharmaceutical laboratory in Istanbul in 1942.

Oct 15, 2026

Nejo Oil and Gas Field

Nejo, also known as Campo Nejo, is a natural gas and condensate field in the Burgos Basin in Tamaulipas, northeastern Mexico, discovered in 2003 and operated by Pemex.

Nek

Nek, stage name of Filippo Neviani, is an Italian pop singer-songwriter who broke through at Sanremo 1993 and became internationally famous with "Laura non c'è" in 1997.

Oct 22, 2026

Nek Chand

Nek Chand Saini (1924–2015) was an Indian self-taught artist and road inspector who secretly built the Rock Garden of Chandigarh from waste materials, receiving the Padma Shri in 1984.

NEK2

NEK2 (NIMA-related kinase 2) is a human serine/threonine kinase at 1q32.3 that phosphorylates the C-Nap1/rootletin centrosome linker to trigger centrosome separation at G2/M; overexpressed in cancers and an unfavorable prognostic marker.

Neka Mabry

Neka Mabry, American swimmer from Little Rock, Arkansas; University of Georgia freestyler-backstroker on world, American, and NCAA record relays, including the 2004 NCAA 200 m freestyle relay in 1:37.27.

Oct 15, 2026

Neka–Ray Oil Pipeline

The Neka–Ray Oil Pipeline, also called Neka–Rey or CROS, is a crude oil pipeline in northern Iran running from Neka on the Caspian Sea to the Rey terminal near Tehran.

Nekauba

Nekauba, Greek form Nechepsos, is a disputed early ruler of Sais in the Egyptian Delta, placed by Manetho before Necho I with a six-year reign and no contemporary attestation.

Oct 20, 2026

Nekhebet Fluctus

Nekhebet Fluctus is a 400-km-diameter lava flow field (fluctus) on Venus at 0°N, 35°E, IAU-approved in 1997 and named for the Egyptian vulture goddess; the most extensive lava field in the Scarpellini quadrangle.

Nekhebu

Nekhebu was a royal architect and overseer of all works of the king in ancient Egypt under the Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Pepi I, known from his tomb inscriptions at Giza.

Nekhen nome

The Nekhen nome, also called the Hierakonpolite nome, was the third nome of Upper Egypt, an administrative division centered on Nekhen, known in Greek as Hierakonpolis, near Edfu.

Nekmaria

Nekmaria (نكمارية) is a village and commune in Achaacha daira, Mostaganem Province, Algeria, and the site of a Roman settlement on the Djebel Kerkour plateau recorded by Gsell; known for the 1845 Pélissier enfumade of the Ouled Ryah.

Neko Atsume (ねこあつめ)

Neko Atsume (ねこあつめ, Kitty Collector) is Hit-Point's idle mobile cat-collecting game for iOS and Android: place food and toys, photograph visiting cats, over 10 million downloads; sequel Neko Atsume 2 released October 20, 2024 with a Cat's Club subscription.

Neko Case

Neko Richelle Case (born 1970, Tacoma-raised) is an American singer-songwriter of country noir and indie rock, vocalist in the New Pornographers, and author of the 2025 memoir The Harder I Fight the More I Love You; albums include The Virginian (1997) and Neon Grey Midnight Green (2025).