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Nanboku-chō War
The Nanboku-chō War (南北朝の動乱) was a Japanese civil war fought from 1336 to 1392 between Emperor Go-Daigo's Southern Court at Yoshino and the Northern Court in Kyoto.
Nanbu tetsubin
Nanbu tetsubin (南部鉄瓶) is a cast-iron kettle for boiling water made in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, hand cast in sand molds and designated a Traditional Craft in 1975.
Ñancahuazú Guerrilla
The Ñancahuazú Guerrilla was the 1966–1967 campaign in Bolivia by the National Liberation Army (ELN), built around Che Guevara and crushed with his execution in October 1967.
Nance-Horan syndrome
Nance-Horan syndrome (NHS), cataract-dental syndrome, OMIM 302350: rare X-linked dominant disorder from NHS gene mutations at Xp22.13, causing congenital cataracts, microcornea, screwdriver-shaped incisors, facial dysmorphism, and sometimes intellectual disability.
Nanchang (南昌)
Nanchang (南昌), capital of Jiangxi Province, China; a 2,200-year-old city of about 6.67 million on the Ganjiang River, home to the Pavilion of Prince Teng, with GDP of 814 billion CNY in 2025.
Nanchang Q-5 (强-5)
Nanchang Q-5 (强-5, A-5, NATO "Fantan"): Chinese single-seat twin-engine supersonic attack aircraft derived from the J-6/MiG-19, built 1968–2012 by Hongdu, about 1,000 made; nuclear toss trials, Pakistani A-5C exports, Q-5M Italian avionics upgrade cancelled 1989.
Nanchang Sunac Land (南昌融创乐园)
Nanchang Sunac Land (南昌融创乐园), formerly Nanchang Wanda Theme Park, is a 4A-level outdoor theme park in Honggutan, Nanchang, opened May 2016, with 80 hectares, six themed areas, and five operating roller coasters.
Nanchang uprising
The Nanchang uprising (南昌起义) was a 1927 insurrection by the Chinese Communist Party in Nanchang, China, now celebrated as the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
Nanchong
Nanchong (南充), prefecture-level city in northeastern Sichuan on the Jialing River; 3 districts, Langzhong city, 5 counties; Sichuan's second-largest population; silk 'City of Silk', Three Kingdoms culture, 2024 GDP 286.17 billion yuan.
Nanchuan
Nanchuan District (南川区), a district of Chongqing on the Guizhou border, covers 2,602 km² with 572,400 people; home to Jinfoshan world natural heritage, tourism, and manufacturing economy.
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith (1953-2021), Texas folk-country singer-songwriter known for "folkabilly," the Grammy-winning Other Voices, Other Rooms, and songs covered by Kathy Mattea and Bette Midler.
Nancy (comic strip)
Nancy is an American comic strip about a mischievous eight-year-old girl with a red hair bow, her Aunt Fritzi, and best friend Sluggo, running since 1922.
Nancy (group)
Nancy (Нэнси) is a Russian-language pop group founded in 1992 in Konstantinovka, Ukraine, by Anatoly Bondarenko and Andrei Kostenko, best known for the hit "Cigarette Smoke with Menthol".
Nancy (낸시) (singer)
Nancy (낸시), Nancy Jewel McDonie or Lee Geuru, Korean-American singer born 2000 in Daegu; Momoland maknae, visual, lead vocalist, and lead dancer; later signed with ATOC and rejoined Momoland under Inyeon Entertainment.
Nancy A. Jenkins
Nancy A. Jenkins is an American cancer geneticist at MD Anderson Cancer Center known for using mouse models and the Sleeping Beauty transposon to find cancer genes.
Nancy A. Moran
Nancy A. Moran, born 1954, is an American evolutionary biologist at the University of Texas at Austin known for research on genome evolution in insect bacterial symbionts and bee gut microbes.
Nancy A. Rigotti
Nancy A. Rigotti is an American general internist and tobacco-control researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, known for clinical trials of treatments for tobacco dependence.
Nancy A. Speck
Nancy A. Speck, also published as Nancy Speck, is an American hematologist at the University of Pennsylvania known for research on RUNX1, blood stem cells, and leukemia.
Nancy Ajaj
Nancy Ajaj (نانسي عجاج) is a Sudanese singer-songwriter born in 1979 in Omdurman, daughter of musician Badr al-Din Ajaj and a leading voice of the 2018–2019 Sudanese revolution, known for the protest song "Milād".
Nancy Ajram (نانسي نبيل عجرم)
Nancy Ajram (نانسي نبيل عجرم), born 1983 in Beirut, is a Lebanese pop singer, "Queen of Arabic Pop," UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and best-selling Arab artist whose 2003 hit "Akhasmak Ah" launched her fame and whose 2022 Marshmello collaboration "Sah Sah" charted on Billboard.
Nancy Allbritton
Nancy Allbritton is an American bioengineer and physician, dean of engineering at the University of Washington since 2019 and a pioneer of single-cell analysis and gut-on-a-chip technology.
Nancy Allen (actress)
Nancy Anne Allen (born 1950) is an American actress known for Carrie (1976), Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), and Officer Anne Lewis in the RoboCop trilogy; married to and divorced from Brian De Palma.
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879-1964), American-born Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton, first woman to sit in the House of Commons, 1 December 1919; won seven elections, passed the 1923 Intoxicating Liquor Bill, retired 1945.
Nancy B. Grimm
Nancy B. Grimm is an American ecosystem ecologist at Arizona State University, known for work on nitrogen cycling in desert streams and as a co-founder of urban ecology.
Nancy Benoit
Nancy Benoit (Nancy Elizabeth Toffoloni, 1964–2007), wrestling valet and manager known as Fallen Angel and Woman in WCW and ECW; managed the Four Horsemen and Sandman; murdered by Chris Benoit in June 2007.
Nancy Berliner
Nancy Berliner is an American hematologist who leads the Division of Hematology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and is a leading expert on adult HLH.
Nancy Bonini
Nancy M. Bonini is an American neurogeneticist at the University of Pennsylvania who created the first fruit fly model of a human neurodegenerative disease and studies Huntington's, Parkinson's, and ALS.
Nancy Brinker
Nancy Goodman Brinker (born 1946), American philanthropist and diplomat; founder of Susan G. Komen foundation and Race for the Cure; U.S. Ambassador to Hungary 2001-2003, Chief of Protocol 2007-2009, Presidential Medal of Freedom 2009.
Nancy Brown
Nancy Brown is an American venture capitalist and General Partner at Oak HC/FT since 2014, known for healthcare investments including Firefly Health, Maven, and Interwell Health.
Nancy C. Andreasen
Nancy C. Andreasen, also known as Nancy Andreasen, is an American psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the University of Iowa who pioneered using MRI to study schizophrenia and won the 2000 National Medal of Science.