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Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (南京长江大桥)
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (南京长江大桥) is a double-deck road and railway bridge over the Yangtze at Nanjing, China, opened in 1968 as the first major bridge designed and built entirely by China.
Nanjung Ilgi
Nanjung Ilgi (난중일기, "Diary of the Days of War") is the day-by-day war diary that Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin wrote by hand during the Imjin War, from 1592 to 1598.
Nankai Electric Railway
Nankai Electric Railway (南海電気鉄道) is a Japanese private railway company based in Namba, Osaka, whose network runs from southern Osaka to Wakayama, including Kansai International Airport.
Nankai Trough
The Nankai Trough (南海トラフ) is an oceanic trench off southwest Japan where the Philippine Sea Plate subducts beneath the Eurasian plate, producing recurring magnitude-8 earthquakes.
Nankana Sahib
Nankana Sahib (ننکانہ صاحب), formerly Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi, is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, birthplace of Guru Nanak and site of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, a district since 2005 and a major Sikh pilgrimage center.
Nanko power station
Nanko power station (南港発電所) is an LNG-fired thermal power station of the Kansai Electric Power Company in Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan, with three 600 MW units commissioned in 1991.
Nanliang Ancient City Site
南梁古城遗址 (Nanliang Ancient City Site): Zhou-dynasty ancient city site in Yicheng County, Shanxi; eighth-batch National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit (2019, 8-0009-1-009); traditionally the old city of Yi. Not the Gansu Nanliang revolutionary sites.
Nanliang Oil Asset
Nanliang Oil Asset (南梁油田, Nanliang oilfield) is a low-permeability oilfield in Huachi County, Gansu, China, operated by PetroChina Changqing Oilfield and producing over 500,000 tons a year since 2018.
Nanling Mountains
Nanling Mountains (南岭, Five Ridges, Wuling): east-west mountain system in southern China at the Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi junction; divides the Yangtze and Pearl River basins, highest peak Mao'ershan about 2,140 m, granite terrain rich in tungsten and tin, subtropical biodiversity hotspot.
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, known as Nanna, is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and lead vocalist and guitarist of indie folk band Of Monsters and Men (Músíktilraunir 2010 winners; "Little Talks"). In 2023 she released her debut solo album How to Start a Garden via Republic Records.
Nanna Preethiya Hudugi (ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಹುಡುಗಿ)
Nanna Preethiya Hudugi (ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಹುಡುಗಿ, The Girl I Love) is a 2001 Kannada romance film by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, starring newcomers Dhyan and Deepali, music by Mano Murthy, released 6 April 2001.
Nanna-mansum
Nanna-mansum, read alternatively as Sîn-iddinam, was a diviner who dedicated a bronze figurine to the goddess Nanše for the well-being of Zabaya, probably the fourth king of Larsa, in the mid-twentieth century BC.
Nannaku Prematho (నాన్నకు ప్రేమతో)
Nannaku Prematho (నాన్నకు ప్రేమతో), To Father With Love, is a 2016 Telugu revenge drama directed by Sukumar, Jr NTR's 25th film with Rakul Preet Singh, Jagapathi Babu, and Rajendra Prasad, music by Devi Sri Prasad, released 13 January 2016.
Nannaya
Nannaya (నన్నయ), also written Nannayya, was an eleventh-century Telugu court poet revered as the adikavi, the first poet of Telugu literature, whose Andhra Mahabharata was left unfinished at his death.
Nanne Choda
Nanne Choda (Telugu: నన్నె చోడుడు, Nanne Chodudu) was a 12th-century Telugu poet and ruling prince of the Telugu Choda family, known for the epic Kumara Sambhavamu.
Nannette J. Brown
Nannette Jolivette Brown, born 1963, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana since 2011, appointed by President Obama.
Nanni
Nanni was a merchant and investor at Ur around the 18th century BC, known for his cuneiform complaint letter to the copper trader Ea-naṣir about bad copper ingots.
Nanni Ricordi
Nanni Ricordi, born Carlo Emanuele Ricordi, was an Italian record producer who founded Dischi Ricordi in 1958 and launched the cantautori, including Giorgio Gaber, Gino Paoli, and Fabrizio De André.
Nannie Doss
Nannie Doss (Nancy Hazle, 1905-1965), the Giggling Granny and Jolly Black Widow, was an American serial killer who confessed to poisoning four of five husbands with arsenic across four states, 1945-1954, was suspected in up to 12 deaths, and was convicted of only one murder.
Nanning
Nanning (南宁), capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, the 'Green City' on the Yongjiang River; 9.02 million residents in 2025, subtropical monsoon climate, China-ASEAN Fair venue, sponge city pilot.
Nanning hydroelectric plant
The Nanning hydroelectric plant, formally the Nanning Pumped Storage Power Station (南宁抽水蓄能电站), is a 1,200 MW pumped-storage station in Guangxi, China, fully commissioned in December 2025.
Nanning power station
Nanning power station (国电南宁发电厂) is a 1,320 MW coal-fired power station in Hengzhou, Nanning, Guangxi, China, with two 660 MW supercritical units operating since 2011 and 2012.
Nanning Zoo
Nanning Zoo (南宁动物园), also called West Suburb Zoo, is a municipal zoo in Nanning, Guangxi, China, opened in 1975 on about 36.6 hectares with over 170 animal varieties, an AAAA rating, and a documented animal-welfare controversy over performing dolphins.
Nannochloropsis
Nannochloropsis is a genus of oleaginous marine microalgae under 5 µm wide, cultivated as aquaculture feed and studied as a source of omega-3 EPA and biodiesel.
Nannool
Nannul (நன்னூல, Naṉṉūl, "the good book") is a Tamil grammar treatise by the Jain ascetic Pavananti Munivar, covering letters and words, and the standard reference for literary Tamil.
Nannopsittaca panychlora
Nannopsittaca panychlora, the Tepui Parrotlet (tepuiparakitt), is a small green parrot of the tepuis of southern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil; described 1883, IUCN Least Concern, CITES Appendix II.
Nanny
Nanny: a childcare worker employed by a family to care for children in the child's own home, live-in or live-out. Also nursery nurse; distinct from au pair (cultural exchange, 45-hour cap) and daycare. History from wet nursing; Ofsted registration in England; US weekly cost $694 (2021).
Nanny and the Professor
Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy sitcom on ABC from 1970 to 1971 about a seemingly psychic British nanny caring for a widowed professor's three children.
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee (2005) is a British family comedy-fantasy film directed by Kirk Jones, written by and starring Emma Thompson, adapted from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books, about a magical ugly governess taming widower Colin Firth's seven children; sequel 2010, musical in development.
Nanny McPhee (musical)
Nanny McPhee The Musical, a West End stage adaptation of the 2005 Emma Thompson film and Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda, opens at the Aldwych Theatre, London, from 6 November 2027, with book and lyrics by Thompson, music by Gary Clark, and direction by Katy Rudd.