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Nine Ranks system (jiu ming)
The Nine Ranks system (九命) was the official-ranking ordinance of the Western Wei and Northern Zhou, enacted in 554, which inverted the nine-pin scale so nine ming was highest.
Nine Saints
The Nine Saints were foreign missionary monks who came to the Kingdom of Aksum around 480, credited with the second Christianization of Ethiopia and translating the Bible into Ge'ez.
Nine seo
The Nine Seodang (구서당, 九誓幢) were nine military units stationed in the capital of Unified Silla, formed from 583 to 693 as the king's direct guard.
Nine Songs
The Nine Songs (九歌) is a set of eleven sacrificial hymns in the Chu Ci of ancient Chu, traditionally attributed to the Warring States poet Qu Yuan.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a 1953 collection of nine short stories by J. D. Salinger, his first book after The Catcher in the Rye, published by Little, Brown.
Nine to Five
Nine to Five is a 1980 American comedy directed by Colin Higgins, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as office workers who take revenge on their sexist boss.
Nine Track Mind
Nine Track Mind is Charlie Puth's debut studio album (Atlantic, January 29, 2016), 12 tracks, 41 minutes, including "One Call Away," "Marvin Gaye" with Meghan Trainor, and "We Don't Talk Anymore" with Selena Gomez; it scored 37 on Metacritic and was later certified Double Platinum in Canada.
Nine Trey Gangsters
Nine Trey Gangsters (NTG, Billies), a set of the United Blood Nation (East Coast Bloods) founded in New York, with ranked hierarchy under The 31 rules, active in RICO prosecutions from New Jersey to North Carolina and in the Tekashi 6ix9ine case.
Nine Vicious
Nine Vicious (Treyvion Deronta Echols) is an Atlanta-raised rapper who broke out with "U Fancy?" (2024), joined YSL, and released B4EM, EMOTIONS, and SEDITION in 2026.
Nine Worthies
The Nine Worthies (neuf preux) are a late medieval canon of nine chivalric heroes, three pagan, three Jewish, three Christian, first listed by Jacques de Longuyon in Les Voeux du paon (c. 1312) and widespread in medieval art and literature.
Nine Years' War
The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also called the War of the Grand Alliance or War of the League of Augsburg, pitted Louis XIV's France against a coalition led by William III; it ended with the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick.
Nine Years' War (Ireland)
Nine Years' War (Ireland), 1594–1603, also called Tyrone's Rebellion or O'Neill's Rebellion: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, led Irish lords to near-victory (Yellow Ford 1598) before the Spanish landing and defeat at Kinsale (1601) forced surrender in 1603.
Nine-ball
Nine-ball (9-ball) is a rotation pool game with balls 1 through 9 and a cue ball; players hit the lowest-numbered ball first and legally pocketing the 9-ball wins. Originated in 1920s America; governed by WPA rules.
Nine-banded armadillo
The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is the only armadillo in the wild in North America, expanding northward and eastward since the mid-1800s and giving birth to identical quadruplets.
Nine-dart finish
A nine-dart finish, also called a nine-darter, is a leg of 501 darts won in the fewest darts possible, nine, and is regarded as darts' perfect leg.
Nine-dash line (九段线)
The nine-dash line (九段线) is the U-shaped demarcation on Chinese maps claiming most of the South China Sea. Drawn as an eleven-dash line in 1947, it was ruled to have no legal basis for historic rights by the 2016 UNCLOS arbitration tribunal.
Nine-hole peg test
The nine-hole peg test is a timed clinical assessment of fine finger dexterity that measures how quickly a person places and removes nine pegs, used widely in multiple sclerosis and stroke.
Nine-pin bowling
Nine-pin bowling (Kegeln): European bowling variant with nine pins in a diamond, hole-less 160 mm ball, 120-throw Classic/Schere/Bohle disciplines, governed by the WNBA (28 countries), strongest in Germany, Austria, and Texas.
Nine-Power Treaty
Nine-Power Treaty (九國公約), signed February 6, 1922 at the Washington Naval Conference by nine powers including the US, Japan, and China, enshrined the Open Door policy, guaranteeing China's territorial integrity, but lacked enforcement and failed against Japan's 1931 invasion of Manchuria.
Nine-rank system
The Nine-rank system (九品中正制) was the official method of classifying candidates for office in Wei, Jin, and later dynasties, drawn up by Chen Qun in 220.
Nine-track tape
Nine-track tape is a magnetic tape format for half-inch open-reel tape that stores data in nine parallel tracks. Introduced with the IBM System/360 in 1964, it was the standard mainframe backup medium into the 1990s.
Nine-volt battery
The nine-volt battery, commonly called the PP3 or IEC 6F22, is a rectangular battery delivering 9 volts from six cells, best known for powering smoke alarms.
Nine-year constitutional preparation program and mission to study constitutions
The nine-year constitutional preparation program and mission to study constitutions sent Qing commissioners such as Wang Daxie, Da Shou, and Yu Shimei to Britain, Japan, and Germany to study constitutional government.
Ninel Conde
Ninel Conde (Ninel Herrera Conde, born 1976, Toluca) is a Mexican actress and singer, Alma Rey in Rebelde, nicknamed "el bombón asesino", Latin Grammy-nominated, star of the 2026 ViX docuserie Sin Filtro.
Ninetales
Ninetales (Kyukon, キュウコン) is Pokémon #0038, a Fire-type Fox Pokémon evolving from Vulpix with a Fire Stone, with an Ice/Fairy Alolan form; known for nine tails, 1,000-year lore, and Drought and Snow Warning weather-setting abilities.
Ninete
Ninete, also written Ninet, is an Old Babylonian-period name and written form of Nineveh, the Assyrian city on the east bank of the Tigris beside modern Mosul.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), George Orwell's dystopian novel published by Secker & Warburg on 8 June 1949, depicts Winston Smith, Big Brother, doublethink, Newspeak, and the Ministry of Truth in Oceania.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Michael Radford's British film of Orwell's novel, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton in his final role, shot in London during April–June 1984 with Roger Deakins cinematography and a disputed Eurythmics score.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (BBC, 1954): Nigel Kneale's live television adaptation of Orwell's novel, produced by Rudolph Cartier, starring Peter Cushing; controversial broadcast whose 16 December 1954 repeat drew the largest UK audience since the Coronation.
Nineteen Old Poems
The Nineteen Old Poems (Gushi shijiu shou) are nineteen anonymous Han dynasty five-character lyric poems, first assembled in the early sixth-century Wen Xuan and long celebrated as classics of Chinese poetry.