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Naema family
The Naema family, an outer main-belt asteroid family named for asteroid 845 Naema, is a group of asteroids estimated to be approximately 150 million years old.
Naemorhedus
Naemorhedus (gorals) is a genus of small goat-like bovids of Asian mountains, including N. caudatus, N. goral, and N. baileyi. Species count contested: 3-6 mitochondrial species, threatened by habitat loss and poaching.
Naemorhedus goral
Naemorhedus goral, the Himalayan or brown goral, is a small cliff-dwelling caprine bovid from the Himalayas (Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China). Near Threatened, CITES Appendix I; genus taxonomy debated (3 to 6 species).
Naemul of Silla
Naemul of Silla (내물왕) was the seventeenth ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla from 356 to 402, founding the hereditary Kim dynasty and first sending envoys to China.
Naengmyeon (냉면)
Naengmyeon (냉면, 冷麵), Korean cold noodles in chilled broth or spicy bibim dressing; a northern winter dish from Pyongyang and Hamheung that spread south after the Korean War, with mul and bibim styles, regional variants, and rising Seoul prices.
Naepo Bobusang Village
Naepo Bobusang Village (내포보부상촌) is a 2020 traditional-culture tourist site in Deoksan-myeon, Yesan County, South Korea, presenting Joseon-era itinerant peddler (bobusang) culture; closed for renovation May 2026, reopening spring 2027.
Naesibu
Naesibu (內侍府, 내시부) was the Korean government office administering the palace eunuchs who served the king, created by Taejo in 1392 and lasting until 1894.
Naesin jwapyeong
The Naesin jwapyeong (內臣佐平) was the senior of the six jwapyeong, the first-rank executive offices of Baekje, which executed the king's commands and chaired the state council.
Naeuiseong
Naeuiseong (內議省, 내의성) was one of three chancellor offices of early Goryeo, the king's advisory body that drafted royal edicts; it ranked first under Gwangjong and was replaced in 982.
Naevis
Naevis (styled nævis) is SM Entertainment's first virtual artist, an AI-voiced character from aespa's KWANGYA universe who debuted with the single "Done" in September 2024.
Naevius
Gnaeus Naevius (ca. 270 – ca. 201 BC) was an early Latin poet who served in the First Punic War and wrote the Bellum Punicum, the first Roman national epic.
Naezy (नवेद शेख)
Naezy (नवेद शेख), real name Naved Shaikh, born 1993, is a Mumbai rapper from Kurla and a pioneer of gully rap, known for "Aafat" and "Mere Gully Mein" with Divine, and as an inspiration for the film Gully Boy.
Nafahat al-Uns
Nafahat al-Uns (نفحات الانس), "Breaths of Intimacy", is a Persian compilation of Sufi biographies by the poet Jami (1414–1492), covering more than 600 masters, including 34 women ascetics.
Nafamostat
Nafamostat (FUT-175, Futhan, nafamostat mesylate/mesilate) is a short-acting synthetic serine protease inhibitor approved in Japan and Korea for pancreatitis, DIC, and extracorporeal anticoagulation, and investigated against COVID-19 via TMPRSS2 inhibition.
Nafarelin
Nafarelin (Synarel) is a synthetic GnRH agonist decapeptide nasal spray treating central precocious puberty and endometriosis; initial LH/FSH stimulation followed by reversible pituitary desensitization lowers sex steroid output.
Nafcillin
Nafcillin is a semisynthetic, penicillinase-resistant penicillin used to treat infections caused by penicillinase-producing staphylococci, and remains a first-line therapy for methicillin-susceptible S. aureus infections despite higher adverse-event rates than cefazolin.
Nafessa Williams
Nafessa Williams, born in 1989, is an American actress from Philadelphia, best known for playing Anissa Pierce, television's first Black lesbian superhero, on the CW's Black Lightning.
Nafh al-Tib
Nafh al-Tib (نفح الطيب) is an encyclopedic history of Muslim Spain by the North African scholar al-Maqqari, completed in 1629–1630 and valued for preserving lost Andalusi sources.
Nafi ibn al-Azraq
Nafi ibn al-Azraq (نافع بن الأزرق) was an early Kharijite rebel who founded the Azariqa, the most extreme Kharijite sect, and died fighting in 685.
Nafi' al-Asbahhi
Nafi' al-Asbahhi, full name Nafi' ibn Malik ibn Abi Amir al-Asbahhi, was a Medinan hadith transmitter, jurist, and Quran reader who died near 130 AH.
Nafi' al-Madani
Nafi' al-Madani (نافع المدني) was the imam of Quranic recitation in Medina, one of the seven canonical readers, who taught there over seventy years before dying in AH 169 (785–786).
Nafi' ibn Jubayr
Nafi' ibn Jubayr ibn Mut'im (نافع بن جبير) was a Medinese Tabi'i of Quraysh, a trustworthy jurist and hadith transmitter who died in 99 AH (717–718 CE).
Nafi' ibn Umar al-Jumahi
Nafi' ibn Umar al-Jumahi (نافع بن عمر الجمحي) was a Meccan hadith narrator of the seventh generation whose narrations entered Sahih al-Bukhari; he died in 169 AH.
Nafion
Nafion is a perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymer membrane that conducts protons, discovered by Walther Grot at DuPont in the 1960s and used in chlor-alkali electrolysis and fuel cells.
Nafisa Ali
Nafisa Ali (नफीसा अली), born 1957 in Kolkata, is an Indian actress, activist, and politician: Miss India 1976, film debut in Shyam Benegal's Junoon (1978), CFSI chairperson, and two-time parliamentary candidate.
Nafisa bint al-Hasan
Nafisa bint al-Hasan (نفيسة بنت الحسن) was a Hasanid Alid ascetic and Qur'an scholar, born in Mecca in 762 CE and venerated at one of Cairo's principal shrines.
Nafisa Joseph
Nafisa Joseph (1978-2004), Indian model and MTV India video jockey, Femina Miss India Universe 1997 and Miss Universe 1997 top-ten semifinalist; hosted MTV House Full, acted in C.A.T.S., died by suicide in Mumbai in July 2004.
Nafissatou Thiam
Nafissatou "Nafi" Thiam, born 1994 in Namur, is a Belgian heptathlete and triple Olympic champion (2016, 2021, 2024), the first combined events athlete with three Olympic golds, and indoor pentathlon world record holder (5055).
Nafithromycin
Nafithromycin (WCK 4873, brand Miqnaf) is a lactone ketolide antibiotic by Wockhardt for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia; approved in India January 2025, 800 mg once daily for 3 days, non-inferior to moxifloxacin.
Nafl prayer (صلاة النفل)
The Nafl prayer (صلاة النفل), also called Nafilah, is a voluntary, non-obligatory prayer in Islam, performed beyond the five obligatory daily prayers for reward rather than duty.