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Nagendran's Honeymoons

Nagendran's Honeymoons (നാഗേന്ദ്രൻസ് ഹണിമൂൺസ്), formerly Madhuvidhu, is a 2024 Malayalam comedy-drama series by Nithin Renji Panicker on Disney+ Hotstar, starring Suraj Venjaramoodu as a dowry-fraud bigamist in 1978 Kerala.

Nagercoil (நாகர்கோவில்)

Nagercoil (நாகர்கோவில்), named for the Jain Naga Raja Temple, is the headquarters of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu; formerly Travancore's second town, it joined Tamil Nadu in 1956.

Nages Roman Bridge

Nages Roman Bridge (Pont d'Argnac), three-arch Roman bridge at Nages-et-Solorgues, Gard, France, still in service over the Rhôny on the ancient Nîmes-Lodève road; distinct from the 1960s concrete Pont du Viau at Nages, Tarn.

Nagesh

Nagesh, born Krishna Rao Nageshwaran, was an Indian actor who appeared in nearly 1,000 Tamil films from 1958 to 2008, remembered as the Jerry Lewis of India.

Nagesh Kapoor

Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor, SYSM PVSM AVSM VM, Indian Air Force fighter pilot and Vice Chief of the Air Staff from 1 January to 30 June 2026; former AOC-in-C Training Command and South Western Air Command.

Nagesh Kukunoor

Nagesh Kukunoor (born 1967, Hyderabad), also credited as Nagesh Kukunoor Naidu, is an Indian director, writer, producer, and actor. Self-funded Hyderabad Blues (1998) launched Indian indie cinema; later Iqbal, Dor, Dhanak, and streaming series Modern Love Hyderabad and The Hunt (SonyLIV, 2025).

Nagesh Mhatre

Nagesh Mhatre is a Silicon Valley angel investor and mentor to life science startups, a Partner at The Angels' Forum and Halo Fund and a founding member of EPPIC.

Nageshvara Jyotirlinga (नागेश्वर ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग)

Nageshvara Jyotirlinga (नागेश्वर ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग), also called Nageshwar or Nagnath, is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva, with three claimed temples in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand.

Nageshwar

Nageshwar, also spelled Nageswara, is a Mature Harappan shell-working settlement on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, India, occupied about 2450–1900 BC.

Naggalabi Coronation Site

Naggalabi Coronation Site, also written Naggalabi Buddo or Nagalabi, is the hill in Buddo, Wakiso District, Uganda, where the Buganda Kingdom crowns its kabaka (king); Kabaka Mutebi II was crowned there in 1993.

Naghash Hovnatan

Naghash Hovnatan (Նաղաշ Հովնաթան) was an Armenian ashugh (minstrel-poet), singer, and painter, 1661–1722, whose nickname means "painter" in Persian and who founded the Hovnatanian dynasty of artists.

Nagi Maehashi

Nagi Maehashi, Australian food writer and founder of the RecipeTin Eats blog (2014), author of NYT bestseller Dinner (2022) and Tonight (2024), runs the RecipeTin Meals food bank.

Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea

Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (Nagi no Asukara, 凪のあすから) is a 2013 original anime by P.A.WORKS, directed by Toshiya Shinohara with series composition by Mari Okada, about sea-dwelling and land-dwelling middle schoolers.

Nagia

Nagia (Nagiah): ancient caravan city of southern Arabia (Arabia Felix), named by Pliny (Nat. Hist. VI.32) as the largest center of the Gebanitae and, with Tamna, a chief city of the region; recorded in Barrington Atlas 4 C2 and the Pleiades gazetteer.

Nagin (1976 film)

Nagin (नागिन), 1976 Hindi horror fantasy directed and produced by Rajkumar Kohli, Shankar Movies; Reena Roy as a shape-shifting snake avenging her mate, with Sunil Dutt, Jeetendra, music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal; a 1976 super-hit that spawned the snake-woman revenge genre.

Nagina (नागिन) (1986 film)

Nagina (नगीना, Snake Jewel) is a 1986 Harmesh Malhotra Hindi fantasy romance starring Sridevi as a shape-shifting naagin opposite Rishi Kapoor and Amrish Puri; it grossed over ₹13 crore, became a 1986 blockbuster, and spawned a wave of snake films.

Naginata (薙刀)

The naginata (薙刀) is a Japanese polearm with a long curved blade on a wooden shaft, a main samurai battlefield weapon from the late Heian to Muromachi period.

Nagios

Nagios, originally released as NetSaint in 1999, is an open-source software suite that monitors IT infrastructure, alerting administrators when hosts, services, or network devices fail.

Nāgita

Nāgita (नागित) was a Buddhist monk of the Buddha's lifetime, remembered as one of his attendants before Ānanda and as the namesake of two discourses rejecting gain, honor, and fame.

Nagma

Nagma (Nandita Arvind Morarji), born 1974 in Mumbai, is an Indian actress of Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and Bhojpuri cinema, known for Baaghi (1990), Gharana Mogudu, Kaadhalan, and Baashha, and later a Congress politician.

Nago Pineapple Park

Nago Pineapple Park (ナゴパイナップルパーク) is a pineapple theme park in Nago, Okinawa, run by Nago Pine Garden Co., founded 1979, with a cart ride, 120 pineapple varieties, Japan's only pineapple winery, and a distillery.

Nagomi Murakami

Nagomi Murakami (born 2005) is a Japanese women's ice hockey forward who won gold with Japan at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics and later played at the 2023 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.

Nagona

Nagona is a short experimental Swahili novel by the Tanzanian writer Euphrase Kezilahabi, published in 1990 and regarded, with its companion Mzingile, as the founding text of the new Swahili novel.

Nagore Aranburu

Nagore Aranburu (born 1976, Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa) is a Basque actress and screenwriter, lead of Querer and Zeru Ahoak, star of Loreak, and Goya 2026 Best Supporting Actress winner for Los domingos; not the model wife of Xabi Alonso.

Nagore Gabellanes

Nagore Gabellanes (Nagore Gabellanes Marieta), born 1973 in San Sebastián, Spanish field hockey player of Real Sociedad; won gold with Spain at Barcelona 1992, the first Spanish women's team Olympic gold, and placed eighth at Atlanta 1996.

Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh, also called Artsakh, is a South Caucasus region within recognized Azerbaijan, disputed with Armenia. Soviet autonomous oblast from 1923; wars in 1988-1994 and 2020; Azerbaijani control restored September 2023.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also called the Karabakh conflict, is an ethnic and territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan that produced wars in 1991–1994 and 2020.

Nagoya (名古屋)

Nagoya (名古屋) is Japan's third-largest city, capital of Aichi Prefecture, founded in 1610 as the castle town of the Owari Tokugawa around Nagoya Castle; a manufacturing hub of about 2.35 million people.

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya Castle (名古屋城) is a Japanese castle in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, begun in 1610 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and known for its golden roof ornaments; its original keep burned in a 1945 air raid.

Nagoya Grampus (名古屋グランパス)

Nagoya Grampus (名古屋グランパス), formerly Grampus Eight, is a Toyota-backed J1 League football club from Nagoya, Japan, founded 1991; J1 champions 2010, Emperor's Cup 1995 and 1999, Levain Cup 2021 and 2024, home Toyota Stadium.