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Nilambar
Nilambar (নীলাম্বর) was the third and last king of the Khen dynasty of Kamata, in the western Brahmaputra Valley, until Alauddin Husain Shah of Bengal conquered Kamatapur in 1498.
Niland brothers
The Niland brothers of Tonawanda, NY: four WWII servicemen, two killed at Normandy, one a Japanese POW in Burma, one sent home under the sole-survivor policy, basis of Saving Private Ryan.
Nilanjan Chatterjee
Nilanjan Chatterjee is a biostatistician and genetic epidemiologist who spent sixteen years at the National Cancer Institute before joining Johns Hopkins in 2015, known for polygenic risk prediction across diverse populations.
Nilavembu Kudineer
Nilavembu Kudineer (நிலவேம்பு குடிநீர்), or Nilavembu Kashayam, is a nine-herb Siddha decoction based on Andrographis paniculata, used in Tamil Nadu against dengue, chikungunya, and COVID-19 fevers.
Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam (நிலவுக்கு என் மேல் என்னடி கோபம்)
Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam (NEEK), 2025 Tamil romantic comedy written and directed by Dhanush, starring debutant Pavish Narayan, Anikha Surendran, Priya Prakash Varrier, and Mathew Thomas; released 21 February 2025, streamed on Prime Video from 21 March 2025.
Nile
The Nile, also known as the River Nile, is the longest river in the world, flowing 6,695 km northward through eleven countries in eastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea.
Nile (band)
Nile is an American technical/brutal death metal band formed in 1993 in Greenville, South Carolina, led by founding guitarist-vocalist Karl Sanders, known for ancient Egyptian and Lovecraftian themes and ten studio albums through The Underworld Awaits Us All (2024, Napalm Records).
Nile Basin Initiative
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is an intergovernmental partnership of ten Nile Basin countries, from Egypt to Tanzania, founded in 1999 to coordinate sustainable management and development of the shared Nile waters.
Nile crocodile
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), African crocodilian of rivers and lakes, second-largest crocodilian, adults 4-5 m. IUCN Least Concern since 1996; CITES Appendix I with 13 Appendix II populations; sister species C. suchus.
Nile Delta
Nile Delta (Lower Egypt, Miṣr Baḥr): triangular Mediterranean lowland of northern Egypt, ~1 m above sea level at the coast, home to half of Egypt's population; sediment trapped behind the Aswan High Dam plus subsidence drive coastal erosion and flooding risk.
Nile Dome
Nile Dome is a venue on Nile Street, Khartoum, Sudan, listed as a casino and as an events hall (صالة النيل دوم) seating 300; a separate Nile Dome Luxor apartment rental exists in Egypt.
Nile Level Texts
The Nile Level Texts, also called the Nile Level Records, are inscriptions on the Karnak quay recording annual Nile flood heights across most of the Third Intermediate Period.
Nile monitor
The Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) is a large semiaquatic lizard of sub-Saharan Africa and the Nile valley, the longest lizard in Africa, with an invasive population established in Florida.
Nile Montes
Nile Montes is an IAU-approved lineated mountain complex on Jupiter's moon Io, centered at 52.07°N, 250.02°W with a diameter of about 450 km, named for the mythological site where Zeus restored Io, and reinterpreted with JunoCam imagery.
Nile Mosaic of Palestrina
The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina is a large Hellenistic floor mosaic of about 150–100 BC depicting the Nile in flood, now shown at the National Archaeological Museum of Palestrina, Italy.
Nile Niami
Nile Niami is an American real estate developer and former independent film producer, best known for building The One, a 105,000-square-foot Bel Air mega-mansion marketed for $500 million.
Nile perch
Nile perch (Lates niloticus), a large African predatory fish up to 2 m and 200 kg, native to the Nilo-Sudan region; its 1950s-60s introduction to Lake Victoria caused mass haplochromine extinctions but created a major export fishery.
Nile Ranger
Nile Ranger, English centre-forward, ex-Newcastle United academy striker (26 Premier League appearances), later Swindon, Blackpool, Southend; career marked by jail terms and disciplinary issues, now in non-league.
Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers (Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr., b. 1952), American guitarist, Chic co-founder, and producer of Let's Dance, Like a Virgin, and Random Access Memories; known for the 'chucking' style and the Hitmaker Stratocaster.
Nile Wilson
Nile Wilson (born 1996, Leeds) is a retired English artistic gymnast, Rio 2016 Olympic horizontal bar bronze medallist, 2016 European high bar champion, and nine-time Commonwealth Games medallist who now runs Nile Wilson Gymnastics clubs.
Nilepet (South Sudan)
Nilepet, the Nile Petroleum Corporation, is South Sudan's state-owned national oil and gas company, incorporated in 2009 to hold the government's stakes in oil consortia.
NileRed
NileRed is the YouTube channel of Nigel Braun, a Canadian chemist known for hour-long videos documenting multi-step chemical synthesis in his Montreal laboratory, with over 7.6 million subscribers.
Niles Crane
Niles Crane is the fictional younger brother of Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier (1993-2004), played by David Hyde Pierce. A Jungian psychiatrist in private practice, married to the never-seen Maris, and in love with Daphne Moon until their season 10 marriage; the role won Pierce four Emmys.
Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke
Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, born in 1980, is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who represents the Ahmednagar constituency in the Lok Sabha since 2024 as a Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) member.
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani is a British cardiologist and human geneticist, Professor of Cardiology at the University of Leicester, whose research established the inherited basis of coronary artery disease.
Nilesh Patel
Nilesh Patel is an Indian software entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the Bengaluru-based sales execution company LeadSquared, India's 103rd unicorn, and earlier founded the software firm Proteans.
Niletto
Niletto, real name Danil Prytkov (Данил Прытков), is a Russian pop singer, songwriter, and dancer from Tyumen, known for the 2019 hit «Любимка», which topped the Russian Shazam chart.
Nilgai (नीलगाय)
Nilgai (नीलगाय, Boselaphus tragocamelus), or blue bull, Asia's largest antelope and sole living Boselaphus species, native to India, Pakistan, and Nepal, IUCN Least Concern, introduced to Texas, Mexico, and South Africa, a major crop pest in India.
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India's first biosphere reserve (1 September 1986, UNESCO network 2000), a 5,520 km² Western Ghats reserve in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala with core and buffer zones but no transition zone, high endemism, and human-elephant conflict.
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a 46-kilometer railway in Tamil Nadu, India, and the country's only rack-and-pinion railway, climbing from Mettupalayam to Ooty in the Nilgiri Hills.