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North American International Auto Show
The North American International Auto Show, also known as the Detroit Auto Show, is an annual automotive exhibition in Detroit, Michigan, renamed from the Detroit Auto Show in 1989.
North American Man/Boy Love Association
North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), US pedophile advocacy group founded in Boston in 1978 after the Revere sex scandal; advocates adult sexual behavior with male children, opposes age-of-consent laws, widely reviled and largely defunct.
North American Mesoscale Model
The North American Mesoscale Model (NAM) is a regional numerical weather prediction system run by NCEP four times daily, providing mesoscale forecast guidance to meteorologists across North America.
North American monsoon
The North American monsoon is a seasonal shift in winds that brings summer rain to northern Mexico and the southwestern US, peaking in July and August.
North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves
The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) is a US and Canadian collaboration, founded in 2007, that uses millisecond pulsar timing to detect gravitational waves, reporting evidence for a background in 2023.
North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated telephone numbering plan serving 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations, developed by AT&T in 1947.
North American P-51 Mustang
The North American P-51 Mustang was an American single-seat fighter of World War II, built by North American Aviation and best known as the long-range escort that protected US bombers over Europe.
North American P-51 Mustang variants
The North American P-51 Mustang variants are the production versions of the American World War II long-range fighter, from the Allison-engined P-51A to the Merlin-powered P-51D.
North American pearly mussels (Unionidae)
North American pearly mussels (Unionidae, with Margaritiferidae) are freshwater bivalves with parasitic glochidia larvae on fish; about 300 US species, the world's richest mussel fauna, with roughly two-thirds imperiled.
North American Plant Protection Organization
North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO), founded 13 October 1976 under IPPC Article IX, is the regional phytosanitary standard-setting body for Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with over 40 RSPM standards and industry participation unique among RPPOs.
North American Plate
The North American Plate is a major tectonic plate covering most of North America, Greenland, and Atlantic floor, bounded by the San Andreas Fault and Cascadia subduction zone.
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), founded 1999 by Gabriela Chavarria and Paul Growald, is a tri-national coalition of 170+ partners coordinated by Pollinator Partnership, protecting pollinators across the US, Canada, and Mexico via task forces and an annual October conference.
North American porcupine
North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum): the only porcupine in the US and Canada, a large barbed-quill rodent ranging from Arctic Ocean to northern Mexico, second largest North American rodent after the beaver, with ~210-day gestation and South American late Pliocene origin.
North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement
The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) is a pair of AM radio treaties from 1937 and 1950 that allocated the 550–1600 kHz broadcast band across North America.
North American river otter
North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also called Canadian or northern river otter: a large semi-aquatic mustelid across most of North America; swims to 13 km/h, IUCN Least Concern after recovery from 1800s over-harvest.
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is an American twin-turboprop light attack and observation aircraft of the 1960s, used for forward air control in Vietnam and later as a firefighting command aircraft.
North American Sabreliner
The North American Sabreliner, or T-39 Sabreliner, is a twin-engine business jet developed by North American Aviation, the first twin-engine American business jet, entering commercial service in 1963.
North American Soccer League (1968–1984)
The North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional soccer league in the United States and Canada from 1968 to 1984, starring Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer.
North American T-28 Trojan
The North American T-28 Trojan is a two-seat piston-engine military trainer that entered United States Air Force service in 1950, replacing the World War II era T-6 Texan.
North American T-6 Texan
The North American T-6 Texan, also designated AT-6, SNJ, and Harvard, is a single-engine, two-seat advanced trainer built by North American Aviation from the mid-1930s through the early 1950s.
North American Union
The North American Union, also called Mexamericanada, is not an existing institution but a label covering 2000s integration proposals, a hypothetical amero currency, and a conspiracy theory.
North American Vexillological Association
The North American Vexillological Association (NAVA), founded by Whitney Smith in Boston in 1967, is a scholarly organization devoted to flag study with over 1,000 members worldwide.
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) is a 1986 Canada–U.S. treaty-style agreement, joined by Mexico in 1994, restoring waterfowl to 1970s levels via wetland habitat conservation delivered through 22 habitat and 3 species joint ventures.
North American X-15
The North American X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft built by North American Aviation and operated by NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1968.
North American XB-70 Valkyrie
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, also known as the B-70, was an American Mach 3 strategic bomber prototype flown as a research aircraft from 1964 to 1969.
North American XF-108 Rapier
The North American XF-108 Rapier was a proposed Mach 3 long-range interceptor designed by North American Aviation for the US Air Force and canceled in 1959.
North Amethyst Oil and Gas Field
North Amethyst is an offshore oil and gas field in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, discovered in 2006 as a satellite of the White Rose field.
North Anatolian Fault
The North Anatolian Fault (NAF) is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault in northern Turkey, about 1,200 km long, marking the boundary between the Anatolian and Eurasian plates.
North and South (Gaskell novel)
North and South is Elizabeth Gaskell's 1854 condition-of-England novel in which Margaret Hale moves from southern Helstone to the industrial town of Milton, meets mill-owner John Thornton and worker Nicholas Higgins, and mediates a strike.
North and South (miniseries)
North and South is a 1985 ABC Civil War-era miniseries based on John Jakes's 1982 novel, produced by David Wolper, starring Patrick Swayze and James Read; two sequels followed in 1986 and 1994.