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Nowa Huta
Nowa Huta, a district of Kraków, Poland, built from 1949 as a model socialist-realist city beside the Lenin (now ArcelorMittal) steelworks; absorbed into Kraków in 1951, a Solidarity stronghold in the 1980s, a Monument of History since 2023.
Nowa Wieś Wrocławska
Nowa Wieś Wrocławska (German: Neudorf), village in Kąty Wrocławskie commune near Wrocław, Poland. Former Johanniter estate secularized 1810; old commune cemetery documented 1866; major multi-period Neolithic and Iron Age archaeological sites.
Nowakia
Nowakia is an extinct genus of small, planktonic marine animals with conical shells, established by Gürich in 1896; its abundant, easily identified shells make it a mainstay of Devonian biostratigraphy.
Nowcasting
Nowcasting is the production of detailed weather forecasts from the present to 6 hours ahead, defined by the WMO and built mainly from weather radar observations.
Nowell Codex
The Nowell Codex, also called the Beowulf manuscript, is the second codex in British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, written around 1000 and preserving Beowulf, Judith, Marvels of the East, Alexander's Letter to Aristotle, and a St Christopher homily.
Nowhere (1997 film)
Nowhere (1997) is Gregg Araki's black comedy-drama, the final film of his Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, starring James Duval, Rachel True, and Nathan Bexton as LA teens on the day the world ends; restored in 4K in 2023.
Nowhere (2023 film)
Nowhere (2023) is a Spanish survival thriller directed by Albert Pintó for Netflix, starring Anna Castillo as pregnant refugee Mía adrift in a shipping container; released September 29, 2023, it drew 86 million views.
Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy is a 2009 British biographical drama about John Lennon's teenage years, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood in her feature debut, based on a memoir by his half-sister Julia Baird.
Nowhere Boys
Nowhere Boys is an Australian children's supernatural series created by Tony Ayres for Matchbox Pictures, airing on ABC3/ABC ME 2013-2018. Four boys are stranded in a parallel world where they were never born; four seasons, a film, and an International Emmy Kids Award.
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) is Caroline Link's 2001 German drama, adapted from Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel, about a Jewish family fleeing 1938 Nazi Germany for a Kenyan farm; it won the 2003 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Nowhere Man (罪梦者)
Nowhere Man (罪梦者, also Bardo) is Netflix's first Mandarin-language original series, an 8-episode 2019 Taiwanese crime thriller by DJ Chen starring Joseph Chang, about a death row inmate's jailbreak.
Nowhere to Hide (인정사정 볼 것 없다)
Nowhere to Hide (인정사정 볼 것 없다, Injeong sajeong bol geot eoptda) is Lee Myung-se's 1999 Korean action film about a 72-day manhunt for killer Chang Sung-min, starring Park Joong-hoon and Ahn Sung-ki, Blue Dragon Best Film winner.
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes (눈 둘 데가 없네, Nunduldega eomne) is Hong Sang-soo's 2026 South Korean drama, his 35th feature: Kim Min-hee visits her estranged mother on Jeju Island; it won Best Direction, Best Performance, and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Locarno 2026.
Nowhere to Run (1993 film)
Nowhere to Run is a 1993 American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as an escaped convict who defends a widow's farm from a land developer.
Nowports
Nowports is a digital freight forwarder founded in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2018 by Alfonso de los Ríos and Maximiliano Casal, and became Latin America's first LogiTech unicorn in 2022.
Nowrangapur
Nowrangapur (Nabarangpur, ନବରଙ୍ଗପୁର) is a tribal-majority district in south-west Odisha, India, created from Koraput district on 2 October 1992; headquarters Nabarangpur city, area 5,294 sq km, 1.22 million people (2011).
Nowruz (نوروز)
Nowruz (نوروز), also spelled Novruz, Navruz, Nauryz, or Nevruz, is the Persian "new day" spring festival marking the vernal equinox and the Iranian new year, celebrated by about 300 million people across the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans, with Zoroastrian origins and UNESCO intangible heritage status.
Nowruznameh
Nowruznameh (نوروزنامه, "Book of Nowruz") is a genre of Persian and Arabic treatises on the festival of Nowruz, its calendar, ceremonies, and customs; the best-known work is attributed to Omar Khayyam.
Nowz
NOWZ (나우즈), a five-member South Korean boy group under CUBE Entertainment, debuted April 2, 2024 as NOWADAYS and rebranded in June 2025; known for the rock-leaning EP IGNITION, 150,000 first-week sales, and Billboard Rookie of the Month recognition.
NOx
NOx, or oxides of nitrogen, is the sum of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide emitted mainly by fuel combustion, regulated as a Clean Air Act criteria pollutant.
Nox (video game)
Nox is a 2000 isometric action RPG by Westwood Studios, published by EA in Europe, starring Jack Mower against the necromancer Hecubah, with warrior, wizard, and conjurer campaigns and Westwood Online multiplayer later restored via XWIS on GOG.
Nox et solitudo
Nox et solitudo (Slovak: Noc a samota), Latin for Night and Solitude, is the first poetry collection of Slovak poet Ivan Krasko, published in Martin in 1909.
NOX4
NOX4 (NADPH oxidase 4, RENOX, KOX), gene at 11q14.3, is a constitutively active NADPH oxidase producing mainly hydrogen peroxide, most highly expressed in kidney tubules, implicated in diabetic nephropathy, fibrosis, and cardiovascular disease.
Noxytiolin
Noxytiolin, also called noxythiolin (Noxyflex), is 1-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methylthiourea, a formaldehyde-releasing thiourea antiseptic used to irrigate infected body cavities and treat burns.
noyb
noyb (None of Your Business) is a donation-funded NGO founded by Max Schrems in Vienna in 2018 that enforces the GDPR through strategic litigation, contributing to billions in fines.
Noye's Fludde
Noye's Fludde is a one-act community opera by Benjamin Britten, setting the medieval Chester Miracle Play of Noah's flood, first performed at Orford Church in 1958.
Noyontara
Noyontara is a Hindi-language supernatural thriller television series airing from 2025 to 2026, an official remake of the Bengali series Trinayani, starring Shruti Bhist and Arjun Chakrabarty.
Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction
The Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction is a chromium(II)/nickel(II)-mediated coupling of aldehydes or ketones with vinyl or allyl halides forming allylic alcohols, valued for its chemoselectivity, discovered in 1977 and formalized in 1986.
Nozarashi Kikō
Nozarashi Kikō (野ざらし紀行), also known as Kōshi Gyōkō, is Matsuo Bashō's first haikai travel record, gathering about 45 haiku from his nine-month journey from Edo to Kansai in 1684–1685.
Nozoki Ana (のぞき穴)
Nozoki Ana (のぞき穴, "Peeping Hole"), also published abroad as A Peephole, is a Japanese erotic romance manga by Wakoh Honna, one of the best-selling mobile comics in Japan.