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Neutrophilic myelocyte
Neutrophilic myelocyte: a bone marrow granulocyte stage between promyelocyte and metamyelocyte, 10–18 μm, no nucleoli, with secondary neutrophilic granules; still mitotic, absent from normal blood but seen in infection, myeloid neoplasms.
Neuvillette (Genshin Impact)
Neuvillette is a 5-star Hydro catalyst character in Genshin Impact, released September 27, 2023; the Iudex of Fontaine and reborn Hydro Dragon, he is an HP-scaling on-field DPS built around Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment and Sourcewater Droplets.
Neuvy-sur-Barangeon
Neuvy-sur-Barangeon, a commune of about 1,305 inhabitants in the Cher department of Sologne, France, known for the Gallo-Roman site of La Villatte, the rejected Noviodunum identification, and forged inscribed bricks.
Neuwied-Engers
Neuwied-Engers: Roman fort and late antique fortified landing-place at Engers, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; BAtlas 11 H2 site on the Rhine frontier, possibly the Rigodulum of Ammianus Marcellinus.
Nev Schulman
Nev Schulman (Yaniv Schulman, born 1984, New York City) is an American TV host, producer, and photographer, subject of the 2010 documentary Catfish and host and executive producer of MTV's Catfish: The TV Show (2012–2024).
Neva (video game)
Neva is a 2024 2D platform-adventure game by Nomada Studio and Devolver Digital, following Alba and a wolf cub through a dying world across four seasons; Metacritic 87, Games for Impact winner at The Game Awards 2024.
Neva (Нева)
Neva (Нева): short (74-78 km) river draining Lake Ladoga into the Gulf of Finland at Saint Petersburg; discharge about 2,500 m3/s, catchment 281,000 km2, delta city, 286 floods, and the 25.4 km flood barrier in operation since 2011.
Neva Howell
Neva Howell (Neva Joan Howell), American character actress born 1955, plays Martha "Ma" Kent in James Gunn's Superman (2025) and Man of Tomorrow (2027); credits include Greedy People, Burden, Novitiate, and 9-1-1: Nashville.
Nevada
Nevada, the Silver State or Battle Born State, is the driest US state, admitted October 31, 1864 as the 36th state; capital Carson City, population concentrated in Las Vegas, major mining and gaming economy.
Nevada City, California
Nevada City, California: Gold Rush-era Sierra foothill city and Nevada County seat, founded 1850, incorporated 1856; 3,152 residents (2020), National Register downtown historic district, 1865 Nevada Theatre, council-manager government, high wildfire hazard.
Nevada Democratic caucuses
Nevada Democratic caucuses: party-run presidential nominating meetings held 2008-2020, first in the West, redesigned after the 2020 Iowa app failure, replaced by a state-run primary under the 2021 AB126 law.
Nevada Democratic Party
Nevada State Democratic Party (NSDP), the Nevada affiliate of the Democratic Party, headquartered in Las Vegas under chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno; governed by the State Central Committee and biennial State Convention, known for the Reid machine, the 2021 progressive takeover, and its shift from caucuses to a presidential primary.
Nevada Department of Transportation
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is the state agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Nevada's state highway system, about 5,400 miles with more than 1,200 bridges.
Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems
The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) is a Nevada non-profit that managed the state's FAA-designated drone test site and grew its unmanned aircraft industry.
Nevada Smith
Nevada Smith is a 1966 Henry Hathaway Western starring Steve McQueen as Max Sand, a prequel to The Carpetbaggers, tracking three killers of his parents; 128 min, Paramount.
Nevada State Route 375
Nevada State Route 375, the Extraterrestrial Highway, is a 98-mile highway in south-central Nevada, named in 1996 for its UFO sightings and proximity to Area 51.
Nevada State University
Nevada State University (formerly Nevada State College) is a public four-year institution in Henderson, Nevada, founded in 2002, part of NSHE, NWCCU-accredited, renamed a university July 1, 2023.
Nevada Test Site
The Nevada Test Site, renamed the Nevada National Security Site in 2010, is a Department of Energy installation in southern Nevada that hosted 928 nuclear tests from 1951 to 1992.
Nevada-class battleship
The Nevada class was a pair of US Navy battleships, USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma, completed in 1916 and pioneers of the all-or-nothing armor scheme.
Nevada-Semipalatinsk
Nevada-Semipalatinsk was an anti-nuclear movement founded in Kazakhstan in February 1989 by the Kazakh poet Olzhas Suleimenov, whose campaign closed the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in 1991.
Nevada, Sierra
Sierra Nevada (Nevada, Sierra), Spanish for snowy range, names several mountains: the granitic Sierra Nevada of California and western Nevada, Spain's Betic Sierra Nevada, and Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and del Cocuy.
Nevado Auzangate
Nevado Auzangate (Ausangate), a 6,384 m glaciated peak in Peru's Cordillera Vilcanota near Cusco, fifth highest in Peru, sacred Apu, first climbed in 1953 by Heinrich Harrer.
Nevado Chachani
Nevado Chachani is a 6,057 m volcanic complex northwest of Arequipa, Peru, made of at least 12 edifices active from about 1.1 Ma to 20 ka; its non-technical normal route makes it a popular 6,000 m climb, with lahars the main hazard.
Nevado de Chañi
Nevado de Chañi (Nevado del Chañi, Cerro Chañi), an Andes massif on the Salta–Jujuy border in northwest Argentina and Jujuy's highest point, about 5,896–5,930 m, first climbed in 1901, with an Inca child burial restituted in 2026.
Nevado de Colima
Nevado de Colima, extinct andesitic stratovolcano (about 4,340 m) in Jalisco and Colima, Mexico; highest point of the Colima Volcanic Complex, 5.5 km north of the active Volcán de Colima, within Nevado de Colima National Park (1936, 6,554.75 ha).
Nevado de Famatima (Cerro Belgrano)
Nevado de Famatina, formally Cerro General Manuel Belgrano, is the highest summit of the Sierra de Famatina in La Rioja Province, Argentina, long worked for its gold deposits.
Nevado del Ruiz
Nevado del Ruiz, also known as Kumanday, is an active glacier-covered volcano in Colombia's Central Cordillera; its 1985 eruption sent lahars over Armero, killing more than 22,000 people.
Nevado Illimani
Nevado Illimani, a 6,438 m glaciated massif in Bolivia's Cordillera Real near La Paz; highest peak of the range, second in Bolivia; first climbed by Conway in 1898; site of deep ice cores.
Nevado Sajama
Nevado Sajama, also called Nevado del Sajama, is Bolivia's highest mountain, a 6,542 m dormant stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental about 20 km from Chile, with 2,428 m prominence, an ice cap, and Sajama National Park.
Nevado Salcantay
Nevado Salcantay, also spelled Salkantay, is a ~6,264-6,279 m peak in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cusco, highest near Machu Picchu; first climbed 1952 by an American-French team via the northeast ridge.