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Nicanor Parra
Nicanor Parra (1914-2018), Chilean poet, mathematician and physicist, brother of Violeta Parra, creator of antipoetry with Poemas y antipoemas (1954); National Literature Prize 1969, Cervantes Prize 2011.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (República de Nicaragua), largest Central American country, capital Managua, population about 6.7 million. Under Daniel Ortega since 2007; elections abolished in 2026; economy driven by remittances at 26.1% of GDP; Freedom House rates it Not Free, 14/100.
Nicaragua v. Germany
Nicaragua v. Germany (ICJ Case 193), filed 1 March 2024, alleges Germany breached the Genocide Convention and Geneva Conventions via arms exports to Israel; the ICJ declined provisional measures 15–1 on 30 April 2024.
Nicaragua v. United States
ICJ case (1984–1991) in which Nicaragua sued the United States over contra support and port mining; the 1986 judgment found breaches of customary international law and the 1956 FCN treaty, with reparations ordered but never paid.
Nicaraguan Academy of Language
The Nicaraguan Academy of Language (Academia Nicaragüense de la Lengua, ANL) is Nicaragua's national academy of the Spanish language, founded in Managua in 1928 and a member of ASALE.
Nicaraguan Armed Forces
Nicaraguan Armed Forces (Ejército de Nicaragua), sole military of Nicaragua, founded 1979 as the Sandinista Popular Army from FSLN guerrillas, renamed 1995; branches Ground, Air, Naval, Special Operations; repoliticized under Ortega since 2007.
Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project
The Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project was a proposed 275.5 km ship canal across Nicaragua linking the Pacific and Caribbean, granted in 2013 and canceled in 2024.
Nicaraguan córdoba
The Nicaraguan córdoba (C$) is the national currency of Nicaragua, subdivided into 100 centavos and issued exclusively by the Banco Central de Nicaragua since 1912.
Nicaraguan Revolution
The Nicaraguan Revolution (Revolución Sandinista): the FSLN's 1979 overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship, its 1979–1990 government, the US-backed Contra war, and the 1990 electoral defeat.
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Nicaraguan Sign Language (LSN/ISN), a sign language born in Managua's special education schools of the late 1970s and 1980s from deaf children's homesigns, studied cohort by cohort for grammar creation, spatial and temporal language, and legally recognized by Law 675 in 2009.
Nicarao
Nicarao was the name the Spanish gave to a Nahuat-speaking people and chiefdom on Nicaragua's Pacific side, encountered by Gil González Dávila in 1522–23; Nicaragua is named for them.
Nicarao migration into Nicaragua
The Nicarao migration was the movement of Nahuat-speaking peoples from central and southern Mexico into Pacific Nicaragua, conventionally dated to about AD 1200 within a broader migration wave of AD 700 to 1350.
Nicardipine
Nicardipine, sold as Cardene and as Perdipine in Japan, is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker used to treat hypertension and chronic stable angina, available orally or intravenously.
Nicastrin
Nicastrin (NCSTN, APH-2) is a 709-amino acid type I transmembrane glycoprotein, the largest subunit of the gamma-secretase complex, acting as a steric gatekeeper on substrates; NCSTN mutations cause hidradenitis suppurativa.
Nicator
Nicator: sole genus of the African songbird family Nicatoridae, with three species (Western N. chloris, Eastern N. gularis, Yellow-throated N. vireo), olive-green birds of African forest understorey with yellow wing spots and loud songs.
Nicco Annan
Nicco Annan (born 1976, Detroit) is an American actor, dancer, and choreographer known for Uncle Clifford on Starz's P-Valley, a role he originated on stage in Pussy Valley, winning the 2023 NAACP Image Award.
Nicco Marchiol
Nicco Marchiol, college football quarterback from Chandler, Arizona; Hamilton High four-star recruit; played 2022-2025 at West Virginia, 2025 starter who medically redshirted, transferred to Northwestern in 2026.
Nicco Montaño
Nicco Montaño, American mixed martial artist; first UFC women's flyweight champion and first Native American UFC champion, winning TUF 26 in 2017; stripped of the title in 2018 after a weight-cut hospitalization, later released by the UFC with a 5-3 record.
Niccolao Manucci
Niccolao Manucci, also spelled Niccolo Manuzzi, was a Venetian traveller, artilleryman, and physician in Mughal India, author of the Storia do Mogor, a history covering 1653 to 1708.
Niccolo ' Bonacchi
Niccolò Bonacchi, born 1994 in Pescia, is a retired Italian backstroke swimmer who set the Italian 50 m backstroke record (24.65, 2014), won 2015 European gold in the 4x50 m medley relay, and retired in 2021.
Niccolò Branca
Niccolò Branca (born 1957) is an Italian business executive, president and CEO of Branca International and head of the Milan distiller that makes Fernet-Branca since 1999.
Niccolò de' Conti
Niccolò de' Conti (c. 1395–1469) was a Venetian merchant who traveled and traded in the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia from 1414 until 1438.
Niccolò Fabi
Niccolò Fabi is an Italian cantautore, singer-songwriter and producer born in Rome in 1968, who broke through at the 1997 Sanremo Festival with "Capelli" and has won the Targa Tenco three times.
Niccolò Fortini
Niccolò Fortini (born 2006, Camaiore) is an Italian right-footed left-sided full-back; Fiorentina academy product, Coppa Italia Primavera winner, loaned to Torino in August 2026, one senior Italy cap.
Niccolò Maccagnani
Niccolò Maccagnani, born 2010, Italian racing driver, Ferrari Driver Academy member since 2026; raced Italian F4 and E4 with Prema, 4th in 2026 UAE4 Series, F3 debut with Rodin Motorsport.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), Florentine chancellor and author of The Prince and Discourses on Livy; Florentine diplomat whose virtù, fortuna, and republican thought founded modern political realism.
Niccolò Orlandini
Niccolò Orlandini (1554–1606) was an Italian Jesuit priest and historian who became the Society of Jesus's historiographer in 1599 and wrote the first part of its official history, covering Ignatius of Loyola's life.
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini (1782 or 1784–1840), Italian violin virtuoso and composer born in Genoa, famed for the 24 Caprices, the 1828–1834 European tours, the devil legend, and the Guarneri "Il Cannone" violin.
Niccolo Perra
Niccolo Perra is a software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded the Copenhagen spend-management fintech Pleo in 2015, serving as chief technology officer through its $4.7 billion valuation.
Nice
Nice (Niça), fifth-largest city of France on the Mediterranean Côte d'Azur, ceded to France in 1860, UNESCO-listed in 2021 for its winter-resort districts, Promenade des Anglais, and 7 km of pebble beaches.