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Nineteen to Twenty
Nineteen to Twenty (19/20, 열아홉 스물) is a 2023 Netflix Korean reality dating show in which ten 2004-born participants spend their last week as 19-year-olds in '19 School' (no dating) and first week as 20-year-olds in '20 House'; 13 episodes, July 11 to August 1, 2023.
Nineteen85
Nineteen85, born Anthony Paul Jefferies in 1985 in Scarborough, Ontario, is a Canadian record producer behind Drake hits One Dance, Hotline Bling, and Hold On, We're Going Home, and co-founder of the R&B duo dvsn with Daniel Daley.
Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
The Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, approved by 94.4% in a May 1998 referendum, allowed the State to ratify the Good Friday Agreement ending the Troubles.
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment, also called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, bars denying the vote on account of sex. Passed by Congress in 1919, ratified by Tennessee as the 36th state on August 18, 1920, certified August 26, 1920.
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (c. 1295–1186 BC), second New Kingdom dynasty, also called the Ramesside dynasty. Founded by Ramesses I under Horemheb; Sety I reconquered the Levant, Ramesses II fought Kadesh and signed the first known peace treaty (1258 BCE), Merenptah repelled the Sea Peoples before decline.
Nineteenth Party Congress
The Nineteenth Party Congress (XIX съезд ВКП(б)) was a Soviet Communist Party congress held in Moscow in October 1952, the first since 1939, which renamed the party the CPSU.
Nineteenth-century classical physics
Nineteenth-century classical physics is the body of physical theory developed from about 1800 to the 1890s, including energy conservation, the wave theory of light, and Maxwell's electromagnetic synthesis.
Ninety East Ridge
The Ninety East Ridge is a volcanic ridge in the eastern Indian Ocean running about 5,600 km along the 90°E meridian, formed by the Kerguelen hotspot.
Ninety eight
Ninety eight (98) is a North American adding card game, related to Ninety-nine and One Hundred, where players add card values to a pile and lose by exceeding 98; variants include the 1993 Arizona version and ONO 99.
Ninety nine (99, adders/98.html#99)
Ninety-nine (99) is the adding card game of the 98/99/100 family: players add card values to a pile, special cards alter the count, and whoever pushes the total over 99 loses a penny; distinct from Parlett's trick-taking Ninety-Nine.
Ninety nine (99, exact/99.html)
Ninety-Nine is a three-player exact-bidding trick-taking card game invented by David Parlett and first published in 1974, named for the highest possible score in a single deal.
Ninety-Five Senses
Ninety-Five Senses is a 2023 American animated short, 13 minutes, directed by Jerusha and Jared Hess, written by Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer, voiced by Tim Blake Nelson as death-row inmate Coy, produced by MAST, and nominated for the 2024 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.
Ninety-five Theses
The Ninety-five Theses, also known as the Disputation on the Power of Indulgences, are 95 propositions on indulgences that Martin Luther issued in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Ninety-Nines
The Ninety-Nines, also known as The 99s, is an international organization of women pilots founded in 1929 and named for its 99 charter members, with Amelia Earhart as first president.
Ninety-Three
Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize) is Victor Hugo's last historical novel, published in Paris on 19 February 1874 and set in 1793 during the royalist Vendée uprising against the French Republic.
Nineveh
Nineveh, ancient city on the Tigris near modern Mosul, Iraq; final capital of the Assyrian empire under Sennacherib until its sack in 612 BC. Known for Kuyunjik and Nebi Yunus tells, the Palace without Rival, Ashurbanipal's library, and 2014–16 ISIS damage.
Nineveh Governorate
Nineveh Governorate (محافظة نينوى), capital Mosul, is a large northwestern Iraqi province named for the ancient Assyrian capital. Nine districts, 2024 census population about 4.34 million, Qayyarah oil, Mishraq sulfur, Mosul Dam, ISIS occupation 2014–2017.
Nineveh military camp reliefs of Sennacherib
The Nineveh military camp reliefs are carved gypsum wall panels from Sennacherib's Southwest Palace at Nineveh, in northern Iraq, showing the Assyrian army's camp with tents, priests, and prisoners.
Nineveh Sulcus
Nineveh Sulcus, a 1,700 km grooved terrain feature (sulcus) on Jupiter's moon Ganymede at 23.2°N, 53.0°W, cutting through Perrine Regio; named in 1997 for the Assyrian city where Ishtar was worshipped.
Ning Cheng
Ning Cheng (宁成) was a harsh-legalist official of the Western Han dynasty who served Emperors Jing and Wu and inspired the saying about a nursing tigress.
Ning Fang
Ning Fang (方宁) is a Chinese chemist, a professor at Xiamen University since 2021, known for developing SPORT, which tracks single nanoparticles rotating in living cells.
Ning Gu
Ning Gu (顾宁, Gu Ning, born 1964) is a Chinese biomedical nanomaterials scientist and Nanjing University professor, elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021, known for nanozymes.
Ning Li
Ning Li (李宁) is a materials scientist who works on organic photovoltaics, perovskite, and tandem solar cells, leading a research group at South China University of Technology in Guangzhou.
Ning Zeng
Ning Zeng is a climate and carbon-cycle scientist at the University of Maryland, known for proposing wood vaulting, a carbon removal method based on burying wood.
Ning Zheng
Ning Zheng is a structural biologist and HHMI Investigator at the University of Washington who uses cryo-EM and crystallography to study ubiquitin ligases and ion channels.
Ning Zhongyan
Ning Zhongyan (宁忠岩), Chinese long track speed skater born 1999 in Mudanjiang; 2026 Olympic 1500m gold with Olympic record 1:41.98, plus 1000m and team pursuit bronze; 2024 sprint world champion.
Ningal
Ningal (Akkadian Nikkal), 'great lady,' was the Mesopotamian wife of the moon god Nanna/Sin, mother of Inanna and Utu, worshipped chiefly at Ur and Harran, and mourned Ur in the Lament for Ur.
Ningal Lineae
Ningal Lineae (formerly Ningal Undae) is a 225-km linea feature on Venus at 9.0°N, 60.7°E, IAU-approved September 23, 2010, named for a Sumerian desert goddess; the smallest measured Venusian linea.
Ningal temple (Khorsabad)
Ningal temple, Khorsabad: one of six 8th-century BCE palace temples of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin, Iraq, dedicated to the consort of the moon god Sin; excavated by Place and the Oriental Institute, with glazed-brick and bronze decoration.
Ningaloo
Ningaloo is a fringing coral reef stretching about 260 km along Western Australia's remote north-west coast, Australia's longest fringing reef, World Heritage listed in 2011 and famous for whale sharks.