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Nasalsa
Nasalsa was a queen of the Napatan kingdom of Kush around 640–620 BC, the sister and wife of Senkamanisken and mother of kings Anlamani and Aspelta.
Nasamones
The Nasamones (Greek Νασαμῶνες) were an ancient Libyan nomadic herding people of the Greater Syrtis coast, described by Herodotus and annihilated by Rome in AD 86.
NASAMS
NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) is a medium-range air defense system developed by Norway's Kongsberg and Raytheon, used by 16 countries and in combat by Ukraine.
Nasarawa State
Nasarawa State, also called the Home of Solid Minerals, is a North Central Nigerian state created 1 October 1996 from Plateau State, capital Lafia, 13 LGAs, governor Abdullahi Sule since 2019.
NASASpaceFlight.com
NASASpaceFlight.com, commonly abbreviated NSF, is an independent American spaceflight news organization founded in 2005 and headquartered at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, with no NASA affiliation.
NASCAR
NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), founded 1948 by Bill France Sr., is the US stock car racing sanctioning body behind the Cup Series, charters, Next Gen car, and 2026 Chase format.
NASCAR 25
NASCAR 25 is iRacing Studios' first standalone NASCAR console game, released October 14, 2025 on PS5 and Xbox and November 11 on Steam, covering Cup, Xfinity, Trucks, and ARCA, built on Unreal Engine 5.
NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series: NASCAR's premier stock car racing division, begun as Strictly Stock in 1949 at Charlotte. Known for the Daytona 500, seven-time champions Petty, Earnhardt, and Johnson, the Next Gen car, and the 2026 Chase format return.
NASCAR Cup Series at Kansas Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series racing at Kansas Speedway, a 1.5-mile progressive-banked tri-oval in Kansas City, Kansas, opened 2001 with Jeff Gordon's win; repaved 2012; closest Cup finish ever, 0.001s, in 2024.
NASCAR on Prime Video
NASCAR on Prime Video: Amazon's exclusive five-race midseason NASCAR Cup Series package plus first-half practice/qualifying under the 2025-2031 media deal; debuted with the 2025 Coca-Cola 600, averaging 2.16M viewers in 2025 and 2.29M in 2026 with the youngest NASCAR audience.
NASCAR rules and regulations
NASCAR rules and regulations: the unpublished rule book governing NASCAR's technical specs, points, penalties, and safety. Covers Next Gen horsepower packages (510/670/750 hp), the 2026 Chase format, A-post flaps, and charter system.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series, the second-tier national stock car series founded 1982 as Budweiser Late Model Sportsman, later Busch, Nationwide, and Xfinity; renamed O'Reilly Auto Parts Series for 2026 with a 12-driver Chase format.
Nascus
Nascus (Greek Náskos) was an ancient Arabian town listed by Pliny (Natural History 6.154), also recorded by Ptolemy; identified with Pliny's Nesca and located in Al Jawf, Yemen.
Nasdaq
Nasdaq, also known as the Nasdaq Stock Market, is an all-electronic U.S. stock exchange founded in 1971 with no trading floor, known for technology listings and the Nasdaq Composite index.
Nasdaq Composite
The Nasdaq Composite, also known as the Nasdaq composite index, is a market capitalization-weighted index of essentially all stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market since 1971.
Nasdaq-100
The Nasdaq-100 is a stock market index tracking the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq, launched in 1985 and dominated by technology stocks.
Nasdaq, Inc.
Nasdaq, Inc., formerly the Nasdaq OMX Group, is an American exchange operator and financial technology company that runs The Nasdaq Stock Market, established in 1971 as an all-electronic trading facility.
Naseeb (नसीब) (1981 film)
Naseeb (नसीब), 1981 Hindi masala film by Manmohan Desai starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Rishi Kapoor, Hema Malini; lottery-win betrayal plot, Laxmikant-Pyarelal music, John Jani Janardhan cameo song; distinct from the 1997 Govinda film of the same name.
Naseeb (नसीब) (1997 film)
Naseeb (नसीब) is a 1997 Hindi romantic drama directed by Kirti Kumar, produced by Vinay Kumar Sinha, starring Govinda, Mamta Kulkarni, and Rahul Roy; a box-office failure whose Nadeem-Shravan songs, notably "Shikwa Nahin Kisi Se", became hits. Distinct from the 1981 Manmohan Desai film of the same name.
Naseem Banu (نسیم بانو)
Naseem Banu (نسیم بانو), born Roshan Ara Begum (1916-2002), Indian actress called the first female superstar of Hindi cinema; starred as Nur Jahan in Pukar (1939), mother of Saira Banu.
Naseem Hamed
Naseem Hamed, "Prince" Naseem Hamed, Yemeni-British southpaw featherweight from Sheffield (born 1974). WBO, IBF, WBC and lineal featherweight champion; retired 36-1 (31 KO), only loss to Marco Antonio Barrera, 2001; IBHoF 2014.
Naseem Hijazi
Naseem Hijazi (نسیم حجازی), born Sharif Husain in 1914, was an Urdu novelist whose Islamic historical fiction, including Shaheen and Khak aur Khoon, shaped generations of readers.
Naseeruddin Shah (नसीरुद्दीन शाह)
Naseeruddin Shah (नसीरुद्दीन शाह), born 1950 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, is an Indian film and stage actor-director, a central figure of parallel cinema; Motley founder, National Film Award, Venice Volpi Cup and Padma Bhushan winner.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (ناصرالدین شاه قاجار)
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (ناصرالدین شاه قاجار), Shah of Iran 1848-1896, longest-reigning Qajar ruler. Known for Amir Kabir's early reforms, Dar al-Fonun, European travels from 1873, the 1890-92 Tobacco Protest, and assassination in 1896.
Naser Jason Abdo
Naser Jason (Jamal) Abdo, also Naser Abdo, is a former U.S. Army private and AWOL soldier from Fort Campbell convicted of plotting a 2011 bombing and shooting attack on Fort Hood soldiers near Killeen, Texas; sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 60 years.
Nash bargaining solution
The Nash bargaining solution is the unique outcome of a two-person bargaining problem that maximizes the product of players' utility gains over the disagreement point, characterized by four axioms Nash proved in 1950.
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges: CBS police comedy-drama (1996–2001), six seasons, 122 episodes, created by Carlton Cuse, starring Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as San Francisco Special Investigations Unit inspectors; revived in a 2021 USA Network TV movie.
Nash cascade
The Nash cascade is a hydrological model proposed by J. E. Nash in 1957 that routes rainfall through a series of linear reservoirs to derive the instantaneous unit hydrograph.
Nash Edgerton
Nash Edgerton (born 1973, Blacktown, NSW) is an Australian director, stuntman and actor, Blue-Tongue Films co-founder and brother of Joel Edgerton; director of The Square, Gringo, and all three seasons of FX's Mr Inbetween.
Nash Ensemble
The Nash Ensemble is a London chamber ensemble founded in 1964 by Amelia Freedman, named after John Nash's terraces; Wigmore Hall resident ensemble with 300+ premieres, 215 commissions, and 100+ recordings.