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Nummulitic limestone, Valle dell'Onte Formation
Nummulitic limestone, Valle dell'Onte: Early Oligocene (33.9-28.4 Ma) coral-rich nummulitic limestone outcrop in Valle dell'Onte, Veneto, NE Italy, overlying the Marne a briozoi of the Marna di Priabona Formation; not a formally named formation.
NumPy
NumPy, or Numerical Python, is the primary open-source array programming library for Python, first released in 2006 and serving as the foundation of the scientific Python ecosystem.
Nun
A nun is a religious figure in Catholic, Buddhist, and Hindu communities who takes vows, with Catholic terminology distinguishing nuns (solemn vows) from sisters (simple vows).
Nun (landform)
Nun (landform): 7,135 m peak of the Nun-Kun massif, Zanskar Range, Ladakh, India; ultra-prominent (2,404 m), first climbed 1953 by Vittoz and Kogan; not the Nuntsi park or Zion cliffs.
Nun Sulci
Nun Sulci is a 1,500-km-wide grooved bright-terrain system (sulcus) on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, IAU-approved in 1979, named for the Egyptian primordial ocean, centered near 49.5°N, 316.4°W.
Nuna (supercontinent)
Nuna, also known as Columbia or Hudsonland, is a hypothesized supercontinent assembled from most of Earth's ancient continental cores between roughly 1.9 and 1.6 billion years ago, preceding Rodinia and Pangaea.
Nuna field
Nuna is an oil field on Alaska's North Slope operated by ConocoPhillips, which achieved first oil in 2024 with an expected peak of 20,000 barrels per day.
Nunakkuzhi (നുണക്കുഴി)
Nunakkuzhi (നുണക്കുഴി) is a 2024 Malayalam crime comedy directed by Jeethu Joseph, written by K. R. Krishna Kumar, starring Basil Joseph, Grace Antony, and Siddique; released 15 August 2024, streamed on ZEE5 from 13 September 2024.
Nunatak
A nunatak (Inuktitut nunataq) is a rocky crag or small mountain surrounded by a glacier or ice sheet, found in Greenland and Antarctica and used to date past ice thickness.
Nunavik
Nunavik is the Inuit region of northern Quebec above the 55th parallel, about 500,000 km² with 13,000 people in 14 communities, governed since the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement through the Kativik Regional Government and Makivvik.
Nunavut
Nunavut (Inuktitut for 'our land') is Canada's largest territory, created April 1, 1999 from the Northwest Territories alongside the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement; capital Iqaluit, mostly Inuit population, Inuktut, English, and French official languages, mining-driven economy.
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA): modern treaty signed May 25, 1993 in Iqaluit between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area (Tungavik Federation of Nunavut, now Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.), Canada, and the Northwest Territories; Canada's largest land claim, tied to Nunavut's 1999 creation.
Nunc dimittis
The Nunc dimittis, also known as the Song of Simeon or Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle from Luke 2:29–32, sung at Compline and Anglican Evensong since 1549.
Nunchaku
Nunchaku (nunchucks): two sticks linked by cord or chain, an Okinawan kobudo flail weapon popularized by Bruce Lee. Legal in nearly all U.S. states after a 2018 Second Amendment ruling; basis of the sport Nunchaku-do.
Nuncio
A nuncio, also called a Papal Nuncio or Apostolic Pro-Nuncio, is the Pope's permanent diplomatic representative to a state and its local Catholic Church, ranking as an ambassador.
Nund Rishi
Nund Rishi, also known as Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali and honored as Sheikh-ul-Alam, was a Kashmiri Sufi ascetic and poet (c. 1378–1440) credited with reviving the Rishi order.
Nuneaton
Nuneaton is a market town in northern Warwickshire, England, named after a 12th-century Benedictine nunnery. Largest Warwickshire town (about 88,000 people), industrial through ribbon weaving, coal mining, and brickmaking, and birthplace of George Eliot.
Nung Tri Cao
Nung Tri Cao (Nùng Trí Cao), also written Nong Zhigao, was an eleventh-century Tai-speaking chieftain who rebelled against both the Ly court and the Song dynasty before his defeat in 1053.
Nungas
Nungas is a mellow coral reef surf break near Lakey Peak, Sumbawa, Indonesia, best May to October on southwest swell; the name also denotes South Australian Aboriginal people and a Spanish firm.
Nungui Corona
Nungui Corona is a 150-km-wide corona, a volcano-tectonic feature, on Venus, centered at 42.5 degrees S, 245.2 degrees E and named in 1997 for a Hibaro fertility goddess.
Nungwi Marine Turtles Mnarani
Nungwi Marine Turtles Mnarani, formally the Mnarani Marine Turtles Conservation Pond, is a community sea turtle rehabilitation center at Nungwi Beach, Zanzibar, founded in 1993.
Nunivak Island
Nunivak Island: volcanic Bering Sea island off western Alaska, third largest off the Alaskan coast, home to Mekoryuk village and the muskox herd reintroduced from Greenland in the 1930s, source of Alaska's muskox translocations.
Nuniyya of Ibn Zaydun
The Nuniyya of Ibn Zaydun (نونية ابن زيدون) is a famous Arabic love ode by the Andalusian poet Ibn Zaydun, mourning his separation from Wallada bint al-Mustakfi.
Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction
Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR), the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 program by Senators Nunn and Lugar, funds DOD projects securing and eliminating Soviet nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in former Soviet states.
Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
The Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program is a US Defense Department effort created by Congress in 1991 that funds the dismantlement of Soviet weapons of mass destruction.
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt (Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt), lead guitarist of Extreme, known for the Washburn N4, Marshall DSL and Rat rig, the 2023 solo on "Rise," a 2026 Grammy, and his Nuno Guitars brand.
Nuno da Cunha
Nuno da Cunha (1487–1539) was governor of Portuguese India from 1529 to 1538 under King João III; he built Chale fort, took Bassein, and died at sea off the Cape of Good Hope.
Nuño de Guzmán
Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán was a Spanish conquistador and colonial official who conquered Nueva Galicia in western Mexico in 1530 and served Charles V in New Spain.
Nuno Espírito Santo
Nuno Espírito Santo (Nuno Herlander Simões do Espírito Santo), Portuguese manager and former goalkeeper; won Championship with Wolves, Saudi title with Al-Ittihad, took Nottingham Forest into Europe; sacked September 2025, now West Ham manager.
Nuno Faria
Nuno R. Faria is a Portuguese virus genomic epidemiologist at Imperial College London, known for genomic studies of HIV-1 and real-time Zika analysis in Brazil.