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Namibian independence
Namibian independence was the transfer of South West Africa from South African rule to the Republic of Namibia on 21 March 1990, after a UN-supervised transition.
Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵)
Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵), Japanese pop singer born 1977 in Naha, Okinawa; debuted 1992 with Super Monkey's, solo from 1995 under Tetsuya Komuro; "Can You Celebrate?" best-selling female solo single; retired September 16, 2018.
Namie Joshi Hatsu Kumiai
Namie Joshi Hatsu Kumiai (浪江女子発組合) was a Japanese idol group formed in 2019 in Namie, Fukushima, to promote disaster recovery, produced by Momoiro Clover Z's Sasaki Ayaka.
Namie, Fukushima
Namie (浪江町) is a Fukushima Prefecture town, Futaba District, wholly evacuated after the 2011 nuclear disaster; orders partially lifted 2017 and 2023, with only about 2,400 of 14,000 registered residents returned.
Namikawa Yasuyuki
Namikawa Yasuyuki (並河靖之, 1845–1927) was a Japanese cloisonné artist in Kyoto known for fine gold and silver wirework on translucent black enamel, appointed an Imperial Craftsman in 1896.
Namikawa Yasuyuki workshop
The Namikawa Yasuyuki workshop, the Kyoto Higashiyama residence and studio where cloisonné artist Namikawa Yasuyuki ran his wired-cloisonné business, is now the Namikawa Cloisonné Museum of Kyoto.
Namiki Sōsuke
Namiki Sōsuke (並木宗輔), also recorded as Namiki Senryū, was a Japanese jōruri playwright, 1695 to 1751, ranked the leading puppet playwright after Chikamatsu and co-author of the three great 1740s masterpieces, including Kanadehon Chūshingura.
Namin
Namin (남인, "Southerners") was a political faction of late Joseon Korea, split from the Easterner faction in the late sixteenth century and revived under King Jeongjo.
Naming and adoption of SI derived units
The naming and adoption of SI derived units is the process by which the CGPM grants special names like newton to units built from SI base units.
Naming ceremony
Naming ceremony: ritual at which a person, usually a newborn, is formally given a name; also called namakaran. Modern secular form is a non-religious, legally weightless welcome ceremony; traditional forms are rites of passage.
Naming convention (programming)
A naming convention in programming, also called an identifier naming convention, is a set of rules for the case, word separation, and prefixes of identifiers, such as camelCase and snake_case.
Naming in the United States
Naming in the United States covers legal names (SSA first and last name rules), state naming laws, marital and children's surnames, Hispanic two-surname practice, and SSA baby-name popularity data from 1880 to 2025.
Naming of chemical elements
The naming of chemical elements is the process by which a newly discovered element receives its permanent name and symbol, governed today by the IUPAC, which formalizes names after a public review period.
Naming of graft chimeras
Naming of graft chimeras covers the ICNCP rules for naming plants joined by grafting, using plus-sign formulae like Crataegus + Mespilus and condensed graftionyms like +Crataegomespilus.
Naming of moons
Naming of moons, or naming of natural satellites, is the process by which newly found moons get provisional designations and permanent names approved by the IAU, arbiter since 1919.
Naming of the Americas
Naming of the Americas: how Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map and Cosmographiae Introductio named the continents America after Amerigo Vespucci, rival names like Columbana and Colombia, and the indigenous name Abya Yala.
Naming test
A naming test is a neuropsychological assessment in which a person names pictured objects to measure word retrieval and detect aphasia and dementia, most often with the Boston Naming Test.
Namioka Machi
Namioka Machi (浪岡町) was a town in Minamitsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, formed in 1954, Japan's top apple-producing town, merged into Aomori City on 1 April 2005; home to Namioka Castle of the Kitabatake clan.
Namiq Abdullayev
Namiq Abdullayev (Namiq Yadulla oğlu Abdullayev, born 1971) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, 2000 Sydney Olympic champion at 54 kg and 1996 Atlanta silver medalist, the first Olympic medalist of independent Azerbaijan.
Namitha (நமிதா)
Namitha (நமிதா), full name Namitha Mukesh Vankawala, is an Indian actress prominent in Tamil and Telugu cinema in the 2000s; Telugu debut Sontham (2002), Tamil debut Engal Anna (2004), peak 2004–2009, Bigg Boss Tamil 2017, married Veerandra Chowdhary in 2017.
Namitha Pramod (നമിത പ്രമോദ്)
Namitha Pramod (നമിത പ്രമോദ്), born 1996, is a Malayalam film actress who debuted in Traffic (2011), played her first lead in Puthiya Theerangal (2012), and made her Tamil debut in Nimir (2018).
Namık Kemal
Namık Kemal (نامق كمال, 1840–1888) was an Ottoman writer, journalist, and playwright of the Young Ottoman movement whose patriotic play Vatan Yahut Silistre provoked his exile in 1873.
Namjyalma Fossae
Namjyalma Fossae is a 560-km fossa, a long narrow depression, on Venus at 2.5N 2.7E, IAU-approved in 2000 and named for a Tibetan victorious mother.
Namkee Choi
Namkee G. Choi is a Korean-born American social work researcher and gerontology chair at the University of Texas at Austin known for telehealth depression treatment for homebound seniors.
Namkoong Min
Namkoong Min (남궁민, born 1980) is a South Korean actor who debuted in 2001's Bungee Jumping of Their Own; lead roles in Good Manager, Hot Stove League (2020 SBS Daesang), The Veil, One Dollar Lawyer, and My Dearest; married Jin A-reum in 2022.
NAMM Show
The NAMM Show is the annual January trade show of NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) at the Anaheim Convention Center, a trade-only gathering with 60,000+ attendees from 122 countries and 5,400+ brands in 2026.
Namma Metro (ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ)
Namma Metro (ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ), also known as Bengaluru Metro or Bangalore Metro, is the rapid transit system serving Bengaluru, India, operated by BMRCL since 2011.
Namma Veettu Pillai (நம்ம வீட்டு பிள்ளை)
Namma Veettu Pillai (நம்ம வீட்டு பிள்ளை), a 2019 Tamil family drama by Pandiraj starring Sivakarthikeyan and Aishwarya Rajesh, music D. Imman, Sun Pictures; ₹58 crore 2019 Tamil gross.
Nammahani
Nammahani, also rendered Nammahni, was a ruler (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2108–2104 BC, known from royal inscriptions and the Code of Ur-Namma.
Nammalvar
Nammalvar (நம்மாழ்வார்), also known as Maran, was a Tamil poet-saint of the 8th or 9th century, regarded as foremost among the twelve Alvars of Tamil Vaishnavism.