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Nanzhao raids on Pyu city-states
Military expeditions of the 8th and 9th centuries in which Nanzhao, a kingdom in Yunnan, attacked the Pyu city-states of Upper Burma, most notably in 832.
Nanzhao Sack of Chengdu
The Nanzhao sack of Chengdu (南诏攻成都) refers to attacks by the kingdom of Nanzhao on Chengdu in Tang China, most notably the siege of 870.
Nanzhao's return to Tang allegiance
Nanzhao's return to Tang allegiance (南诏归唐) was the return of the kingdom of Nanzhao to Tang allegiance in the Zhenyuan era, ending fifty years of conflict.
Nao (singer)
Nao (Neo Jessica Joshua, born 1987) is a British R&B singer from Nottingham and East London, creator of "wonky funk," BBC Sound of 2016 third place, with albums For All We Know, Saturn, and Jupiter.
Nao (奈緒) (actress)
Nao (奈緒), born 1995 in Fukuoka, is a Japanese actress, formerly billed as Honda Nao. Breakout in NHK's Half Blue Sky (2018), award-winning lead of Anata ga Shite Kurenakute mo and films like My Broken Mariko.
Nao Gutiya Baithaneka
Nao Gutiya Baithaneka (Nao-Gutiya-Baithaneka), also called Star Game, is a one-player Indian solitaire board game from Bihar with nine pieces, related to Lam Turki and Kowwa Dand, documented by Charu Chandra Das Gupta in 1935.
Nao Kodaira (小平奈緒)
Nao Kodaira (小平奈緒), born 1986, Japanese speed skater; first Japanese woman to win Olympic speed skating gold (2018 500m), 1000m and sprint-combination world record holder, retired 2022.
Nao Kusaka
Nao Kusaka (日下 尚), Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, 77 kg; Paris 2024 Olympic gold in his debut Games, 2023 world bronze, 2025 world silver, 2024 Asian champion, 2026 Asian Games silver.
NAO robot
NAO is a small programmable humanoid robot, 58 cm tall and weighing 5.6 kg, developed by the French company Aldebaran Robotics and used widely in research, education, and healthcare.
Nao Tōyama (東山奈央)
Nao Tōyama (東山奈央) is a Japanese voice actress and solo singer from Tokyo. Debut 2010 as Kanon Nakagawa; roles include Chitoge Kirisaki and Rin Shima; solo debut 2017; final Budokan live March 11, 2027 before a singing hiatus.
Naobi no mitama
Naobi no mitama (直毘霊) is a 1771 Shinto treatise by the kokugaku scholar Motoori Norinaga, written against Confucian criticism and opening the kokugaku–Confucian controversy of late Edo Japan.
Naococane
Lac Naococane (Lake Naococane), a 398 km² lake in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec; East Cree name origin, drains toward La Grande Rivière; officialized 5 December 1968.
Naoe Kanetsugu
Naoe Kanetsugu (直江兼続, 1560–1619) was a Japanese warlord and chief retainer of Uesugi Kagekatsu who ran the Uesugi administration and is known for the Naoe-jo letter to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Naoetsu LNG Terminal
Naoetsu LNG Terminal (直江津LNG基地) is a liquefied natural gas import and regasification terminal at Naoetsu Port in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, owned by INPEX JAPAN.
Naogaon District
Naogaon District (নওগাঁ জেলা), Rajshahi Division, north-west Bangladesh; district since 1 March 1984, area 3,435.67 sq km, 2022 population 2,784,599, 11 upazilas, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Somapura Mahavihara at Paharpur.
Naohiko Yoshikai
Naohiko Yoshikai (吉戒 直彦, born 1978) is a Japanese organic chemist and professor at Tohoku University known for low-valent cobalt-catalyzed C–H functionalization using inexpensive cobalt instead of precious metals.
Naohiro Yoshida
Naohiro Yoshida (吉田尚弘) is a Japanese biogeochemist known for stable-isotope methods that trace nitrous oxide sources, and is a professor at the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo.
Naohisa Takato
Naohisa Takato (髙藤 直寿), born 1993, Japanese judoka in the -60 kg class: Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, Rio 2016 bronze medalist, four-time world champion, Park 24 athlete who retired in March 2026.
Naoki Hamaguchi (浜口直樹)
Naoki Hamaguchi (浜口直樹) is a Japanese video game director at Square Enix, co-director of Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) and director of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024).
Naoki Mochizuki
Naoki Mochizuki is a Japanese cell biologist who directed the Research Institute of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka from 2018 to 2024.
Naoki Prize
The Naoki Prize (直木賞), formally the Naoki Sanjugo Prize, is a Japanese literary award given twice a year for popular fiction by new or mid-career authors.
Naoki Sugimoto
Naoki Sugimoto (杉本 直己) is a Japanese biochemist at Konan University in Kobe who directed its Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research and studies G-quadruplex DNA under molecular crowding.
Naoki Urasawa (浦沢直樹)
Naoki Urasawa (浦沢直樹), born 1960 in Tokyo, is a Japanese manga artist, creator of Yawara!, Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Billy Bat, and Asadora!, with over 140 million copies sold and multiple Tezuka, Shogakukan, Angoulême, and Eisner awards.
Naoki Yoshida
Naoki Yoshida (吉田直樹), known as Yoshi-P, is a Japanese game producer and director at Square Enix who rebuilt Final Fantasy XIV after its failed 2010 launch and produced Final Fantasy XVI.
Naoki Yuasa (湯浅直樹)
Naoki Yuasa (湯浅直樹, born 1983 in Sapporo) is a retired Japanese alpine skier specializing in slalom who raced at three Olympics and took a World Cup podium.
Naoko Mori
Naoko Mori (森尚子), born 1971 in Nagoya, is a London-based Japanese actress known as Toshiko Sato in Doctor Who and Torchwood, Kim in Miss Saigon, Yoko Ono in Lennon Naked, and Yasuko Namba in Everest.
Naoko Takahashi
Naoko Takahashi (高橋尚子), Japanese marathon runner born 1972 in Gifu; 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medalist in 2:23:14 and first woman under 2:20 with 2:19:46 at the 2001 Berlin Marathon; retired 2008.
Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子)
Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子), born 1967 in Kofu, Japan, is the manga artist behind Sailor Moon and Codename: Sailor V; a former pharmacist, Kodansha Manga Award winner, and wife of Yoshihiro Togashi.
Naolinco Volcanic Field
Naolinco Volcanic Field (Naolinca de Victoria Volcanic Field), a Quaternary monogenetic volcanic field of pyroclastic cones and basaltic flows in the Sierra de Chiconquiaco, Veracruz, Mexico; last erupted about 1145 CE from El Volcancillo, whose Río Naolinco pāhoehoe flow ran 50 km.
Naomi (biblical figure)
Naomi (נָעֳמִי) is a Bethlehem woman in the Book of Ruth who loses her husband and sons, returns from Moab with Ruth, and helps secure Ruth's marriage to Boaz.