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Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall Noígíallach, 'Niall of the Nine Hostages', is the putative fifth-century king of Tara and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties, with annalistic reign dates 379–405, a death-tale saga, and a notable Y-chromosome legacy in northwest Ireland.
Niall Quinn
Niall Quinn, Irish striker (born 1966) for Arsenal, Manchester City and Sunderland; 21 goals in 91/92 Ireland caps, record £1.3m Sunderland signing, £1m charity testimonial, Drumaville chairman 2006–2012.
Niamey
Niamey, capital and largest city of Niger, on the Niger River in the southwest. Colonial-era creation, capital since 1926; population roughly 1-1.8 million, doubling about every 15 years, with major flood exposure.
Niamh
Niamh is an Irish feminine given name meaning bright or radiant, from Old Irish ném. Famous as Niamh of the Golden Hair in the Oisín legend; peaked at No. 2 in Ireland in 1993, ranked No. 90 in 2025.
Niamh Algar
Niamh Algar (born 1992), Irish actress from Mullingar, Westmeath; known as The Virtues, Raised by Wolves, Calm with Horses, Malpractice, and The Iris Affair; two-time IFTA winner and BAFTA nominee.
Niamh Cusack
Niamh Cusack (born 1959, Dublin) is an Irish actress, daughter of Cyril Cusack, trained as a flautist, known for Dr Kate Rowan in ITV's Heartbeat (1992–1995) and RSC and National Theatre roles.
Nian gao (年糕)
Nian gao (年糕) is a Chinese glutinous rice cake steamed and eaten at Lunar New Year; its name puns on 'higher year'. Cantonese sweet brown-sugar, Shanghai savory, and millet northern variants; offered to sweeten the kitchen god's mouth.
Nian Gengyao
Nian Gengyao (年羹尧) was a Qing general who crushed the Qinghai rebellion under the Yongzheng Emperor, then was convicted on 92 counts and ordered to commit suicide.
Nian Lin
Nian Lin (林念) is a surface physicist, a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 2007, known for single-molecule Kondo physics and on-surface metal–organic frameworks.
Nian Nian You Ci
Nian Nian You Ci (念念有词, Lingering in Mind) is a 2025 Chinese vertical micro-drama by Tinghua Island, starring Liu Nian and He Congrui, adapted from a Tomato novel; the first Hongguo short drama to top 1 billion plays and 100 million heat.
Nian Nu Jiao: Crossing Lake Dongting
Nian Nu Jiao: Crossing Lake Dongting (念奴娇·过洞庭) is a 1166 ci poem by the Southern Song poet Zhang Xiaoxiang, written as he passed Lake Dongting after being dismissed from office.
Nian Nu Jiao: Remembering Red Cliff
Nian Nu Jiao: Remembering Red Cliff (念奴娇·赤壁怀古) is a ci poem by Su Shi, written in 1082 during his exile in Huangzhou and meditating on the Battle of Red Cliff.
Nian Rebellion
The Nian Rebellion (捻军起义) was a peasant uprising against the Qing dynasty lasting from the early 1850s to 1868, fought mainly across Anhui, Henan, Shandong, and Jiangsu.
Nian Yun
Nian Yun (年芸), Chinese freestyle swimmer born 1982 in Yangzhou; 1996 Atlanta Olympic silver in 4x100 m freestyle relay; youngest Chinese Summer Olympian until 2024; 1997 short-course world champion and relay world record holder.
Nianbo
Nianbo (碾伯) is a town in Ledu District, Haidong City, Qinghai, China, and the seat of the Ledu District government; a Ming garrison from 1373, it absorbed Ganggou Town in 2006.
Niani
Niani is a village and archaeological site in northeastern Guinea, on the Sankarani River, traditionally the capital and birthplace of Sundiata of the Mali Empire, though archaeology has challenged this.
Niankhba
Niankhba was a chief justice and vizier of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty who served King Unas around 2350 BC and was buried in a mastaba at Saqqara.
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were ancient Egyptian royal manicurists of the Fifth Dynasty, buried together at Saqqara in a shared tomb with reliefs of them embracing.
Nianqiang Wu
Nianqiang Wu, known as Nick Wu, is a materials scientist working on photocatalysis, plasmonics, biosensors, and fuel cells; he joined UMass Amherst in 2020 after fifteen years at West Virginia University.
Niantic people
The Niantic (Nehantic) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American people of eastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island, split into Eastern and Western divisions by Pequot expansion and devastated in the Pequot and King Philip's wars.
Niantic Spatial
Niantic Spatial is an American geospatial AI company formed in 2025 when Niantic, the maker of Pokémon GO, spun off its platform after selling its games to Scopely.
Niantic, Inc.
Niantic, Inc. (Niantic Spatial): American location-based AR game developer founded inside Google in 2010 by John Hanke; maker of Ingress and Pokémon GO ($8+ billion revenue), spun out of Alphabet in 2015, games business sold to Scopely in 2025 for $3.5 billion.
Nias
Nias is an Indonesian island off western Sumatra, home of the Ono Niha people, megalithic culture, earthquake-resistant Omo Hada houses, late Dutch pacification (1914), the 2005 Mw 8.6 earthquake, and Sorake surfing.
Niassa Company
The Niassa Company (Companhia do Niassa), also written Companhia do Nyassa, was a Portuguese chartered company that administered northern Mozambique from 1891 until its charter expired in 1929.
Niassa Province
Niassa Province is the largest province of Mozambique by area, at 129,056 km², situated in the extreme northwest with its capital at Lichinga and Lake Niassa as its western boundary.
NIATx 200 trial
NIATx 200: cluster-randomized trial of 201 US addiction treatment clinics in five states testing four quality improvement strategies (interest circles, coaching, learning sessions, combination); coaching and combination cut wait times and raised admissions, none improved retention.
Niaz Fatehpuri
Niaz Fatehpuri, pen name of Niaz Mohammad Khan, was an Urdu poet, fiction writer, and critic who founded and edited the major literary journal Nigar.
Niaz Stadium
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Pakistan cricket ground named after commissioner Niaz Ahmed; hosted 5 Tests and 7 ODIs with Pakistan unbeaten, including the 1,000th Test (1984); returned to PCB control under a 20-year MoU in October 2026.
Nibandha
Nibandha (निबन्ध) is a Sanskrit term for a treatise or digest binding material from authoritative texts; as a legal genre it developed from about the twelfth century.
Nibandhamala
Nibandhamala (निबंधमाला) was a Marathi-language monthly periodical started by essayist Vishnushastri Chiplunkar in January 1874 and written almost entirely by him until his death in 1882.