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Niihau dialect
The Niihau dialect (ʻōlelo Niʻihau) is a distinct variety of Hawaiian, spoken by about 500 people on Niʻihau and Kauaʻi and still learned by children at home.
Niihau incident
The Niihau incident: after Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, Japanese pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi crash-landed on Niihau, was aided by Nisei resident Yoshio Harada, took hostages, and was killed by Ben Kanahele; later cited in DeWitt's internment report.
Niira Radia
Niira Radia, also spelled Nira Radia, is an Indian corporate lobbyist who ran Vaishnavi Corporate Communications and was associated with the 2010 Radia tapes recordings.
NIIT
NIIT, or National Institute of Information Technology, is an Indian skills and talent development company founded in 1981 that pioneered commercial information technology training in India.
Nijaguna Shivayogi
Nijaguna Shivayogi (ನಿಜಗುಣ ಶಿವಯೋಗಿ) was a Veerashaiva saint-poet and philosopher of Karnataka, active around 1500, who renounced a chiefdom near Kollegal and wrote the Vivekachintamani, the first Kannada encyclopedic work.
Nijam
Nijam (నిజం, "Truth") is a 2003 Telugu action drama written, directed, and produced by Teja under Chitram Movies, starring Mahesh Babu, Gopichand, and Rakshitha; released 23 May 2003, it won Nandi Awards but underperformed commercially.
Niji·Journey
Niji·Journey is an anime-focused text-to-image model family developed by Midjourney with the studio Spellbrush, first released in 2022 and known for clean anime characters and natural hands.
Nijisanji (ANYCOLOR)
Nijisanji (にじさんじ) is a Japanese VTuber group run by Tokyo company ANYCOLOR, debuting its first eight livers in February 2018 and growing to 181 by 2026.
Nijmegen
Nijmegen is a city in Gelderland in the east of the Netherlands, on the Waal river, often called the country's oldest city, with Roman origins under Emperor Trajan.
Nijmegen breakage syndrome
Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS, AT-V1, Berlin breakage syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive NBN/nibrin DNA-repair disorder with microcephaly, immunodeficiency, radiosensitivity, and lymphoid malignancy risk.
Nijmegen breakage syndrome-like disorder
Nijmegen breakage syndrome-like disorder (NBSLD, RAD50 deficiency, OMIM 613078) is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive RAD50-related chromosomal instability syndrome with microcephaly, growth restriction, and radiosensitivity but no immunodeficiency.
Nijo Castle
Nijo Castle (Nijō-jō) is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan, built in 1603 by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, where the shogunate returned power to the Emperor in 1867.
Nijō Tameyo
Nijō Tameyo (二条為世, 1250–1338) was a Japanese court noble and poet who compiled two imperial waka anthologies and led the Nijō school, the dominant tradition of medieval court poetry.
Nijō Yoshimoto
Nijō Yoshimoto (二条良基, 1320–1388) was a Japanese court noble and renga poet of the early Muromachi period who compiled the Tsukubashū, one of the first renga anthologies.
Nijole Mons
Nijole Mons is a 150-km-wide volcanic mountain on Venus at 45°N, 185°E in quadrangle V-14, named in 1997 for the Lithuanian underworld goddess, formerly spelled Niola Mons, with a steep-sided dome summit.
Nijūichidaishū
Nijūichidaishū (二十一代集, "Twenty-One Imperial Collections") is the collective name for the 21 imperial waka anthologies compiled between 905 and 1439, containing about 33,700 poems and forming the central canon of classical Japanese court poetry.
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, known as Nik Aziz, was a Malaysian cleric and politician who governed Kelantan as Menteri Besar from 1990 to 2013.
NIK deficiency
NIK deficiency (primary immunodeficiency with multifaceted aberrant lymphoid immunity; OMIM 620449) is a rare autosomal recessive combined immunodeficiency from biallelic MAP3K14 mutations, causing B and NK lymphopenia, hypogammaglobulinemia, absent lymph nodes, and severe recurrent infections.
Nik Dodani
Nik Dodani (born Nikhil Dodani) is an American actor, comedian, and producer from Dallas, raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, known for Zahid on Atypical, Dear Evan Hansen, Escape Room, Twisters, The Parenting, and cofounding The Salon.
Nik Kershaw
Nik Kershaw (Nicholas David Kershaw, born 1958, Bristol) is an English singer-songwriter behind 1984's Human Racing and The Riddle, hits like Wouldn't It Be Good, and Chesney Hawkes's The One and Only.
Nik Lentz
Nik Lentz, "The Carny" (born 1984), American UFC lightweight and featherweight, former University of Minnesota wrestler; pro record 30-12-2, 1 NC; UFC 14-9-1, 1 NC; retired after 2021 loss to Movsar Evloev.
Nik P.
Nik P., born Nikolaus Presnik in 1962, is an Austrian schlager and party-schlager singer from Friesach, best known for the 2007 chart-topping duet "Ein Stern" with DJ Ötzi.
Nik Stauskas
Nik Stauskas, Canadian shooting guard born 1993, Michigan star and 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year, drafted 8th overall by Sacramento Kings; journeyman NBA career averaged 6.7 points per game.
Nik Turner
Nik Turner (1940-2022), British saxophonist and flautist, founding member of space rock band Hawkwind, writer of "Master of the Universe" and "Brainstorm", later leader of Inner City Unit and solo artist.
Nik Wallenda
Nik Wallenda, seventh-generation Flying Wallendas high-wire artist born 1979 in Sarasota; first to walk directly over Niagara Falls (2012), crossed the Grand Canyon gorge (2013) and Masaya Volcano (2020); Big Apple Circus co-owner.
Nika Futterman
Nika Futterman (born 1969, New York) is an American voice actress and singer, the voice of Asajj Ventress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Luna Loud in The Loud House, and Cuckoo-Loca; she is also a professional poker player.
Nika Kriznar
Nika Kriznar (Nika Križnar-Vodan, born 2000) is a Slovenian ski jumper, 2020/21 overall World Cup winner, with Olympic gold in the mixed team at Beijing 2022 and Milano-Cortina 2026 and bronze in the 2022 normal hill.
Nika N. Danial
Nika N. Danial is a cell biologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, known for showing that the BAD protein links glycolysis to apoptosis in mitochondria.
Nika riot
The Nika riot (Στάση του Νίκα) was an uprising by the chariot-racing factions of Constantinople against Emperor Justinian I in January 532, crushed by Belisarius in a Hippodrome massacre.
Nika riots (Στάση του Νίκα)
The Nika riots (Στάση του Νίκα), also called the Nika revolt, were an uprising in Constantinople in January 532 against Emperor Justinian I, crushed in a massacre in the Hippodrome.