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Noor (film)

Noor (film): 2017 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Sunhil Sippy, starring Sonakshi Sinha as journalist Noor Roy Choudhary; adapted from Saba Imtiaz's novel Karachi, You're Killing Me!, moved from Karachi to Mumbai; released April 21, 2017 by T-Series and Abundantia Entertainment.

Noor Alam

Noor Alam (نور عالم, 1929-2003), Pakistani field hockey right winger; 42 caps, 8 goals. Olympic silver 1956 and gold 1960, when his assist set up the winning goal against India; Asian Games golds 1958 and 1962.

Noor Alfallah

Noor Alfallah (born 1993) is an American film producer of Kuwaiti descent, USC and UCLA educated, formerly VP of Lynda Obst Productions; with sister Remi she runs RNA Pictures, producing The Apprentice, Little Death, and Dead Man's Wire, and shares son Roman with Al Pacino.

Noor Energy 1

Noor Energy 1 is a 950 MW hybrid solar power plant in Dubai, the fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

Noor Inayat Khan

Noor Inayat Khan (Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan), 1914-1944, SOE agent codename Madeleine, first female wireless operator sent into occupied France; descendant of Tipu Sultan, executed at Dachau, awarded the George Cross and Croix de Guerre.

Noor Jahan (2024 TV series)

Noor Jahan (نور جہاں) is a 2024 ARY Digital Pakistani family drama, 33 episodes, written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah, directed by Musaddiq Malek, starring Saba Hameed as a domineering matriarch and Kubra Khan as her revenge-seeking niece; distinct from the historical empress Noor Jahan.

Noor Jehan (نور جہاں)

Noor Jehan (نور جہاں), born Allah Wasai (اللہ وسائی), 1926–2000, Pakistani playback singer and actress titled Malika-e-Tarannum; recorded ~10,000 songs in Urdu, Punjabi, and Sindhi and first female Pakistani film director.

Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex

The Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex, also called the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, is a concentrated solar power complex near Ouarzazate, Morocco, with about 580 MW of capacity.

Noor Xarmina

Noor Xarmina (also Noor Zarmina), Pakistani model and actor, Miss Universe Pakistan 2024, the second holder of that title after Erica Robin; former London venture capitalist, LAMDA drama student, plays Beenish in Dar E Nijaat.

Oct 22, 2026

Noor-Eesti

Noor-Eesti ("Young Estonia") was an Estonian literary and cultural movement active from 1905 to 1915, led by Gustav Suits and Friedebert Tuglas, that sought to make Estonia part of Europe.

Nooran Sisters

The Nooran Sisters are Jyoti and Sultana Nooran, a Punjabi Sufi singing duo from Jalandhar, India, trained by their father Ustad Gulshan Mir, famous for "Tung Tung" (2012) and "Patakha Guddi" from Highway.

Noordoostpolder

The Noordoostpolder, or Northeast Polder, is a polder in the Dutch province of Flevoland reclaimed from the Zuiderzee between 1936 and 1942 as part of the Zuiderzee Works.

Noordwaard Polder depoldering

The Noordwaard Polder depoldering (ontpoldering Noordwaard) is a Dutch flood-risk project completed in 2015, which reopened about half of a 4,450-hectare polder near Werkendam to the Nieuwe Merwede river.

Noordzee Boardstore

Noordzee Boardstore, a surfshop and webshop in Scheveningen, The Hague (Badhuisstraat 72), operating since 2010; sells new and second-hand surfboards, wetsuits, and skate gear, offers board repair and shaping, and runs the Noordzee Surfschool.

NoordzeeWind

NoordzeeWind is a Dutch offshore wind company, formed by Shell and Nuon, that built the Netherlands' first offshore wind farm at Egmond aan Zee, commissioned in 2007.

Oct 3, 2026

Noorie (नूरी)

Noorie (नूरी) is a 1979 Hindi romantic drama directed by Manmohan Krishna, produced by Yash Chopra for Yash Raj Films, starring Farooq Shaikh and Poonam Dhillon, with Khayyam's music; a Super Hit, 7th highest-grossing Hindi film of 1979. Distinct from the 1934 and 2023 films of the same name.

Nooros Gas Field

Nooros is a natural gas and condensate field in the Nile Delta of Egypt, discovered by Eni in 2015 and Egypt's largest active gas project.

Nooru Saami (நூறு சாமி)

Nooru Saami (நூறு சாமி), also spelled Nooru Sami, is a 2026 Tamil family drama directed by Sasi, starring Vijay Antony and Swasika as a widowed mother seeking remarriage; released 19 June 2026, streaming on Zee5 from 7 August 2026, not a Pichaikkaran sequel.

Noosa National Park

Noosa National Park is a national park on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Australia, protecting the Noosa Headland and coastal land stretching toward Coolum Beach, and home to koalas and glossy black-cockatoos.

Noose

Noose: a tightening rope loop, best known as the hangman's ligature in judicial hanging. Covers the long-drop mechanism, 9,322 U.S. hangings 1608–2002, botched hangings, and use in Iran, Japan, Taiwan.

Sep 19, 2026

Nooshafarin

Nooshafarin (نوش‌آفرین), born Fatemeh Abdi in 1956, is an Iranian pop singer and former actress who began in 1970s Tehran and rebuilt her career in exile in Los Angeles, best known for "Golam, Gol-e Aftabgardun".

Noosphere

Noosphere (noösphere), from Greek noos (mind): the sphere of human thought and knowledge superimposed on the biosphere, coined by Le Roy, Teilhard de Chardin, and Vernadsky in Paris, 1926; distinct from the technosphere and anthroposphere.

Nooteboom

Nooteboom (Koninklijke Nooteboom Group) is a Dutch family-owned manufacturer of trailers for abnormal road transport, founded in 1881 as a blacksmith's shop near Rotterdam and now headquartered in Wijchen.

Oct 20, 2026

Nootka Island

Nootka Island, British Columbia: 526 sq km island on the NW side of Nootka Sound off Vancouver Island's west coast; home of Yuquot (Friendly Cove), the Mowachaht village and 1923 national historic site; formerly Isla de Mazarredo.

Nootka Sound

Nootka Sound, a sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, between Clayoquot and Kyuquot Sounds. Site of Cook's 1778 visit, the sea-otter fur trade, and the 1790 Nootka Convention between Spain and Britain.

Sep 24, 2026

Nootka Sound crisis

The Nootka Sound crisis (Cuestión de Nootka) was a 1789–1790 dispute in which Spain seized British trading ships at Nootka Sound, nearly leading to war with Britain.

Nooto-North Tarawa

Nooto-North Tarawa (Ramsar Site no. 2143) is Kiribati's first Ramsar wetland, designated 3 April 2013: 1,033 hectares of mangrove, mudflat, lagoon, and reef habitats at Nooto village, North Tarawa, protecting green turtles, giant clams, and bonefish.

Nootropic

Nootropics, also called smart drugs or cognition enhancers, are substances meant to improve memory, attention, and learning; the term was coined in 1972, and evidence of benefit in healthy adults is weak.

Noovo

Noovo is a French-language television network in Québec, Canada, owned by Bell Media. It was known as V until August 31, 2020, when it took the name of its digital platform Noovo.ca.