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Nakatomi clan
The Nakatomi clan (中臣氏) was a hereditary ritual clan of ancient Japan in charge of court ceremonies; Nakatomi no Kamatari received the surname Fujiwara in 669.
Nakatsumiya Square
Nakatsumiya Square (中津宮広場) is a public garden and viewing plaza beside the Nakatsumiya sanctuary of Enoshima Shrine on Enoshima island, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan; known for seasonal flowers, camellias and February cherry blossoms, harbor views, and as a Shonan no Hoseki illumination site.
Nakayama Grand Jump (中山グランジャンプ)
Nakayama Grand Jump (中山グランドジャンプ), a J-G1 steeplechase each April at Nakayama Racecourse over 4,260 m turf; founded 1999 from the 1934 Nakayama Daishogai; Oju Chosan won six times, Ecoro Duel the 2025-2026 champion.
Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow
Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow (中山優馬 w/B.I.Shadow) was a five-member Japanese idol unit formed in 2009 whose debut single topped the Oricon chart, a record for the youngest act.
Nakaz
The Nakaz («Наказ» Екатерины II, Instruction) was a legislative instruction issued by Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1767 to guide a new code of laws.
Nakaz of Catherine II
The Nakaz of Catherine II (Наказ Екатерины II), also called the Instruction, is a treatise by Empress Catherine II guiding the 1767 Legislative Commission, condemning torture and capital punishment.
Nakba (النكبة)
The Nakba (النكبة), Arabic for "catastrophe," is the displacement and dispossession of at least 750,000 Palestinians during the 1947–1949 Palestine war, with about 530 villages destroyed.
Nakba Day (يوم النكبة)
Nakba Day (يوم النكبة), 15 May, commemorates the 1947–1949 displacement of about 750,000 Palestinians and destruction of roughly 400 villages; term coined by Constantin Zurayq in 1948, UN-recognized since 2023.
Nakbe
Nakbe is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Petén of Guatemala and one of the oldest known Maya settlements, dating from around 1000 to 400 B.C.
Naked (1993 film)
Naked is Mike Leigh's 1993 British comedy drama starring David Thewlis as Johnny, a Mancunian drifter on a nocturnal London odyssey; it won Cannes Best Director and Best Actor in 1993.
Naked (2017 film)
Naked (2017) is a Netflix original time-loop comedy directed by Michael Tiddes, starring Marlon Wayans as a groom reliving the hour before his wedding naked in an elevator; a remake of the Swedish film Naken (2000), released August 11, 2017.
Naked (book)
Naked (book) by David Sedaris: 1997 autobiographical essay collection, Little, Brown, following Barrel Fever. Essays include A Plague of Tics, Ashes, and the nudist-camp title essay; his first New York Times bestseller.
Naked (Talking Heads album)
Naked (1988) is the eighth and final studio album by Talking Heads, produced by Steve Lillywhite and the band in Paris and New York, reaching No. 19 in the US and No. 3 in the UK with the single (Nothing But) Flowers.
Naked and Afraid
Naked and Afraid is a Discovery Channel reality series (2013–present) in which a man and a woman who have never met survive 21 days naked with no food, water, or shelter, no prize, tapping out allowed; spin-offs include XL, Alone, Castaways, and Solo.
Naked and Afraid XL
Naked and Afraid XL, Discovery Channel spinoff of Naked and Afraid (premiered 2015), puts 12 veteran survivalists through extended group challenges without food, water, or clothing; produced by Renegade 83.
Naked Attraction
Naked Attraction is a British Channel 4 nude dating game show produced by Studio Lambert and hosted by Anna Richardson, premiering 25 July 2016, in which a clothed picker eliminates six naked suitors revealed body part by body part before choosing a date.
Naked Came the Stranger
Naked Came the Stranger, by "Penelope Ashe" (Mike McGrady and about two dozen Newsday journalists), a deliberately bad 1969 hoax sex novel that became a bestseller and sold more after its television exposure.
Naked City (band)
Naked City was John Zorn's 1988-1993 New York avant-garde band with Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz, Joey Baron, and Boredoms vocalist Yamatsuka Eye, fusing jazz, grindcore, and film music in jump-cut compositions across seven albums.
Naked City (TV series)
Naked City (1958–1963) was an ABC police drama from Screen Gems, inspired by the 1948 film, filmed on New York locations, famous for the 'eight million stories' narration and its character-driven hour-long revival with Paul Burke.
Naked Cowboy
The Naked Cowboy is Robert John Burck II, the Times Square street performer who since December 1997 has sung in cowboy boots, a hat, and briefs, earning about $150,000 a year through a trademarked brand with franchises, lawsuits, and a 2009 mayoral run.
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult is a 1994 American comedy starring Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin, the third and final film of the original Naked Gun trilogy.
Naked in Manhattan
"Naked in Manhattan" is a 2022 dance-pop song by Chappell Roan. It reached number 16 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and is featured on her 2023 album.
Naked Killer (赤裸羔羊)
Naked Killer (赤裸羔羊, Chik loh go yeung) is a 1992 Hong Kong Category III action film directed by Clarence Fok, written and produced by Wong Jing, starring Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam, and Carrie Ng as rival female assassins; it earned HK$9,678,959 and cult status.
Naked Killer 2
Naked Killer 2, originally Raped by an Angel (香港奇案之強姦), is a 1993 Hong Kong Category III rape-revenge thriller by Andrew Lau and Wong Jing, starring Simon Yam and Chingmy Yau, marketed as a Naked Killer sequel despite no story connection.
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch is a 1959 novel by William S. Burroughs, a central work of the Beat Generation, known for its drug themes and obscenity trials.
Naked Lunch (film)
Naked Lunch (1991) is David Cronenberg's surrealist film adaptation of William S. Burroughs's novel, starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider; produced by Jeremy Thomas, it blends Burroughs's life and fiction, grossed $2.2 million, and received a 4K restoration premiered at Berlin 2023.
Naked mole-rat
Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), eusocial subterranean rodent of eastern Africa; longest-lived rodent at over 30 years, cancer-resistant via high-molecular-mass hyaluronan, hypoxia-tolerant, pain-insensitive, genome sequenced 2011.
Naked News
Naked News, 'the program with nothing to hide,' is a Toronto-based subscription newscast launched December 1999 by Fernando Pereira and Kirby Stasyna, in which anchors disrobe while reading real news; it expanded to pay-per-view TV worldwide.
Naked Raygun
Naked Raygun, Chicago punk band formed February 1980 by Marko Pezzati and Santiago Durango with vocalist Jeff Pezzati; classic lineup with John Haggerty, Pierre Kezdy, Eric Spicer; albums Throb Throb, Jettison; reunited 2006; 2021 album Over the Overlords.
Naked short selling
Naked short selling, or a naked short sale, is selling a security short without borrowing it in time for delivery, leaving a failure to deliver at settlement.