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Northern white rhinoceros
Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), functionally extinct white rhino subspecies; only two females, Najin and Fatu, remain at Ol Pejeta, Kenya, with 39 cryopreserved embryos and BioRescue IVF and stem cell rescue efforts underway.
Northern Xiongnu
The Northern Xiongnu (北匈奴) was the Xiongnu polity north of Han China that raided the frontier until Dou Xian defeated it at Jiluoshan in the late first century.
Northern Xiongnu collapse
The Northern Xiongnu collapse was the disintegration of the northern Xiongnu branch, which split from the south in 48 CE and vanished after defeat by Han China and the Xianbei.
Northern Yan
Northern Yan (北燕) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms period in northern China, centered on Longcheng and ruled by Feng Ba from 409 to 436.
Northern Yuan
The Northern Yuan was the Mongol state that continued the Yuan dynasty after the Mongol court was driven from China in 1368, ruling the steppe until 1634.
Northern Zhou Six Ministries (Liuguan)
The Northern Zhou Six Ministries (北周六官) was the bureaucracy of Western Wei and Northern Zhou, modeled on the Zhouli, introduced in 556 and abolished by Emperor Wen of Sui in 581.
Northern, Fiji
Northern Division, Fiji: one of Fiji's four administrative divisions, covering Vanua Levu and nearby islands through the provinces of Bua, Cakaudrove, and Macuata, with its capital at Labasa; about 131,914 people at the 2017 census.
Northfleet
Northfleet is a Thames-side town in Gravesham, Kent, historically a major cement-making center from James Parker's 1792 Roman cement works, now part of Ebbsfleet Garden City regeneration.
Northfleet Villa
Northfleet Villa, the Northfleet Roman villa in the Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, was a first-to-fourth-century villa complex with a detached bath-house, malting oven, and river wharf, excavated 1909-11 and 1997-2001 near Ebbsfleet International station.
Northgate Venture Partners
Northgate Venture Partners is a series of venture capital fund-of-funds vehicles managed by Northgate Capital of Danville, California, founded in 2000 by former NFL players Brent Jones and Tommy Vardell.
Northland
Northland (Te Tai Tokerau) is New Zealand's northernmost region, a subtropical peninsula where the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed in 1840. Population 201,100 (2025), the country's most rural region, with a primary-sector-dominated economy and vulnerable infrastructure.
Northland Power
Northland Power is a Canadian independent power producer headquartered in Toronto and founded in 1987, developing and operating offshore wind, solar, natural gas, and grid-scale battery storage across seven countries.
Northlands Coliseum
Northlands Coliseum, later Edmonton Coliseum, Skyreach Centre, and Rexall Place, was Edmonton's indoor arena from 1974, home of the Oilers until 2016, closed 2018, and slated for demolition by fall 2026.
Northlane
Northlane is an Australian progressive metalcore band formed in 2009 in Blacktown, Sydney. They are known for fusing heavy guitar with various electronic styles.
Northleaf Infrastructure Capital Partners
Northleaf Infrastructure Capital Partners is the infrastructure investment arm of Toronto-based private-markets manager Northleaf Capital Partners, whose fourth fund, NICP IV, closed at US$2.6 billion in 2025.
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Northmen: A Viking Saga is a 2014 Swiss-German-South African Viking action film directed by Claudio Fäh, starring Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, and Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg; shipwrecked Vikings fight to reach Danelaw, released in the US in 2015.
Northpoint Capital Emerging Sectors GIFT Fund I
Northpoint Capital Emerging Sectors GIFT Fund I is an India-domiciled venture capital fund in GIFT City, set up in 2025 by former Nexus managing director Sameer Brij Verma.
Northport power station
The Northport Power Station is a 1,516 MW dual-fuel steam-electric station on Long Island Sound in Northport, New York, operated by National Grid for LIPA.
Northridge, Los Angeles
Northridge is a neighborhood in northwest San Fernando Valley, city of Los Angeles, about 22 miles from downtown, anchored by CSUN, formerly Zelzah and North Los Angeles, and site of the 1994 magnitude 6.7 earthquake.
Northrop Corporation
Northrop Corporation, originally Northrop Aircraft, was an American aircraft manufacturer founded in Hawthorne, California in 1939, known for flying wing bombers, the F-5 fighter, and the B-2 stealth bomber.
Northrop F-20 Tigershark
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark, originally designated F-5G, was a single-engine export fighter Northrop developed in the early 1980s but never sold, ending the program in 1986.
Northrop F-5
The Northrop F-5, known as the Freedom Fighter and Tiger II, is a lightweight supersonic fighter that Northrop built in large numbers for export to allied nations from 1959.
Northrop F-89 Scorpion
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was a two-seat, twin-engine American all-weather interceptor, the backbone of US air defense against Soviet bombers from 1952 until the late 1950s.
Northrop Frye
Northrop Frye (Herman Northrop Frye; 1912–1991) was a Canadian literary critic at Victoria College, Toronto, whose Anatomy of Criticism sought to make criticism a systematic discipline.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an American aerospace and defense technology company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, formed in 1994 and ranked third among world arms producers.
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also called the B-2 Bomber, is a US stealth strategic heavy bomber with a flying-wing design that entered service in the 1990s.
Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is a stealth bomber for the United States Air Force, built by Northrop Grumman and first flown in 2023 from Palmdale, California.
Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A
The Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A, or E-10A, was a proposed US Air Force surveillance and battle management aircraft based on the Boeing 767-400ER, canceled in 2007.
Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS
The Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS was a US Air Force ground surveillance and battle management aircraft built on modified Boeing 707 airframes, retired in 2023.
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, formerly Orbital ATK, was a Northrop Grumman business sector created in 2018 and dissolved in 2020, known for the Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft.