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Nisída Goúvino
Nisída Goúvino, also called Lazareto or Lazaretto, is a small uninhabited islet two nautical miles northeast of Corfu town, formerly a Venetian quarantine station and the 1946-1949 Civil War execution site, transferred to Corfu Municipality in 2025.
Nisin
Nisin (E234) is a 34-residue lantibiotic bacteriocin from Lactococcus lactis, discovered in 1928, FDA GRAS since 1988, that kills Gram-positive bacteria such as Listeria via Lipid II binding and pore formation, used as a food preservative in dairy, meat, and canned foods.
Nisio Isin (西尾維新)
Nisio Isin (西尾維新, NISIOISIN), born 1981, is a Japanese novelist and Mephisto Prize winner known for the Zaregoto and Monogatari series, Katanagatari, dense wordplay, and a palindromic pen name.
Nisiotika
Nisiotika, from the Greek for island, are the traditional folk songs of the Greek Aegean islands, played at festivals with violin and laouto, mostly dating from the late 18th century onward.
Nisith Pramanik
Nisith Pramanik, born 1986, is an Indian BJP politician who serves as a minister in the Government of West Bengal, holding the North Bengal Development portfolio.
Niska
Niska (Georges Stanislas Dinga-Pinto, born 1994) is a French rapper of Congolese origin from Évry, a leading figure of afro-trap known for the hit "Réseaux".
Niskala Wastu Kancana
Niskala Wastu Kancana was a king of the Sunda kingdom in West Java who reigned from Kawali from 1371 to 1475, according to the Carita Parahyangan.
Niskanen Center
Niskanen Center: Washington, D.C. think tank and 501(c)(3) founded 2014, named for economist Bill Niskanen; transpartisan, pro-market, pro-state-capacity; policy areas climate, immigration, social policy, criminal justice; TIME's 2023 most interesting think tank.
Nismo (ニスモ)
Nismo (ニスモ), from NISsan MOtorsport, is Nissan's motorsports and performance subsidiary founded September 1984 in Omori, Tokyo; since 2022 part of Nissan Motorsports & Customizing, running Formula E, Super GT, parts, and NISMO road cars.
Nisoldipine
Nisoldipine (Nisocor, Sular) is a 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker for hypertension, acting on vascular smooth muscle L-type channels; US-approved 1995, dosed 17–34 mg once daily, with grapefruit interaction and ~5% bioavailability.
Nisour Square massacre
Nisour Square massacre: September 16, 2007 shooting by Blackwater USA guards (Raven 23 convoy) in Baghdad, killing 14-17 unarmed Iraqi civilians; led to MEJA indictments, 2014-2018 convictions.
NiSource Inc.
NiSource Inc. is an American energy holding company headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, whose regulated natural gas and electric utilities, including NIPSCO, serve about 3.7 million customers in six states.
Nissaba Corona
Nissaba Corona is a 300-km-wide corona on Venus at 25.5N, 355.5E in Eistla Regio, IAU-named in 1994 for a Mesopotamian wisdom/fertility goddess, near Idem-Kuva Corona and the Bakisat craters.
Nissage Saget
Jean-Nicolas Nissage Saget (1810–1880) was a Haitian general and statesman who served as President of Haiti from 1870 to 1874, retiring voluntarily at the end of his term.
Nissan
Nissan, formally Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., is a Japanese automaker headquartered in Yokohama, established in 1933, selling over 60 models under the Nissan and INFINITI brands.
Nissan 180SX
The Nissan 180SX was a Japanese-market rear-wheel-drive hatchback coupe built on the S13 platform shared with the fifth-generation Silvia, sold from 1989 until the end of 1998.
Nissan 200SX
Nissan 200SX is a nameplate applied across diverse global markets and periods, covering rear-wheel-drive sport coupes from 1977 to 1988, and specific models like the S13 and S14.
Nissan 240SX
The Nissan 240SX is a rear-wheel-drive sports coupe sold in North America from 1989 to 1998, related to the Japan-market Silvia and later prized for drifting.
Nissan 300ZX
The Nissan 300ZX, sold in Japan as the Fairlady Z, is a sports coupe produced in two generations, the Z31 (1983–1989) and Z32 (1989–2000), named for its 3.0-liter V6.
Nissan 350Z
The Nissan 350Z, known as the Fairlady Z (Z33) in Japan, is a two-seat, rear-wheel-drive sports car produced from 2002 to 2008, selling over 250,000 units.
Nissan 370Z
The Nissan 370Z (chassis code Z34, sold in Japan as the Fairlady Z) is a two-seat rear-wheel-drive sports coupe produced by Nissan from 2009 through 2020.
Nissan Almera (日産)
The Nissan Almera (日産) is a Nissan nameplate for small family cars applied since 1995 to different vehicles: a European compact built until 2006 and a Thai-built subcompact sedan sold from 2011.
Nissan Altima
The Nissan Altima is a mid-size sedan Nissan has produced since the 1993 model year, replacing the Stanza and selling 5.6 million units in the United States by 2018.
Nissan Armada
The Nissan Armada is a full-size, body-on-frame SUV sold by Nissan in North America since the 2004 model year, spanning three generations, most recently a 2025 redesign.
Nissan Bluebird
The Nissan Bluebird (ブルーバード), also known as the Datsun Bluebird, is a line of mid-size sedans Nissan built from 1959 to 2001, including the Datsun 510.
Nissan CA engine
The Nissan CA engine is a family of inline four-cylinder gasoline engines produced by Nissan from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, spanning 1.6 to 2.0 liters.
Nissan Caravan (日産・キャラバン)
Nissan Caravan, also marketed as the Nissan Urvan and Nissan Homy, is a series of full-size cab-over commercial vans and microbuses built by Nissan since 1973, currently sold as the NV350 Caravan.
Nissan Cedric
The Nissan Cedric (セドリック) was a large rear-wheel-drive sedan built by Nissan in Japan from 1960 to 2004 across ten generations, widely used as a taxi in East Asia.
Nissan Cefiro
Nissan Cefiro (セフィーロ) is a mid-size to large sedan sold by Nissan in Japan from 1988 to 2003, exported as the Maxima, Maxima QX, and Infiniti I30 and I35.
Nissan Chemical
Nissan Chemical Corporation, founded in Tokyo in 1887 as the Tokyo Artificial Fertilizer Company, was Japan's first chemical fertilizer manufacturer; it now makes agrochemicals and semiconductor materials.