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Nike sweatshops
Nike sweatshops: the labor controversy over wages, hours, and conditions at Nike's contract factories, sparked by 1991 reporting on Indonesian and Asian suppliers, examined through audit studies, the Hansae Vietnam case, and 2025 Cambodia wage findings.
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE), founded as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964 by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman, is the Beaverton, Oregon-based world's largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel, with fiscal 2026 revenue of $46.4 billion, Converse as a subsidiary brand, and the Swoosh logo.
Nikita Lobanov
Nikita Lobanov (Lobanov-Rostovsky, born 1935, Sofia) is a Russian émigré prince, economist, and collector of Russian theatrical design 1880–1930; his collection went to St Petersburg, Pushkin Museum, Rostov Kremlin, and V&A.
Nikkei cuisine
Nikkei cuisine, or Cocina Nikkei, is Japanese-Peruvian fusion food from the Japanese diaspora that began in Peru (Sakura Maru, 1899), with dishes like tiradito and the acevichado roll, chefs Nobu Matsuhisa and Micha Tsumura, and Maido ranked No. 1 on the World's 50 Best in 2025.
Nina Davuluri
Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014 and Miss New York 2013, is the first Indian American Miss America. Filmmaker and colorism activist behind the documentary COMPLEXion, the #SeeMyComplexion campaign, and the memoir Killing Miss America (2027).
Nini Nguyen
Nini Nguyen, New Orleans chef, cooking instructor, and Đặc Biệt cookbook author (Knopf, 2024); Top Chef season 16 and All-Stars L.A. contestant; winner of Last Bite Hotel; runs Cooking with Nini classes and the Đặc Biệt Supper Club.
Ninong Ry
Ninong Ry (Ryan Morales Reyes) is a Filipino chef and food vlogger from Malabon who started cooking videos in July 2020, known for no-recipe freestyle Filipino cooking, the viral kare-kare hot plate video, millions of followers, and two Summit Books cookbooks.
Nipple piercing
Nipple piercing: a body piercing through the nipple, known since at least the 14th century, revived in the 1970s Euro-American movement. Heals in 6-12 months; risks include infection, breast abscess, and breastfeeding impairment.
Niqāb
Niqāb (نقاب): the face veil worn by some Muslim women, covering the face except the eyes; distinct from hijab and burqa. Obligatory status is disputed among Sunni schools; banned in France, Belgium, Austria, and Denmark.
Nisha Katona
Nisha Katona MBE, British restaurateur, former child protection barrister, founder-CEO of Mowgli Street Food (Liverpool, 2014), Mowgli Trust founder, LJMU Chancellor, MBE 2019, cookbook author and TV presenter.
Nishijin-ori
Nishijin-ori (西陣織) is pre-dyed figured silk textile produced in Kyoto's Nishijin district, named for the western army's camp in the Ōnin War of 1467 to 1477.
Nissin Foods
Nissin Foods (日清食品グループ), Japanese instant noodle maker founded by Momofuku Ando; invented Chicken Ramen (1958) and Cup Noodles (1971); Nissin Foods Holdings, Tokyo 2897, distinct from Monde Nissin.
Nkisi
An nkisi (plural minkisi) is, in Kongo religion of Central Africa, both a spirit and the physical object, filled with medicines, through which it heals, protects, or punishes.
Nnenna Okore
Nnenna Okore (born 1975) is a Nigerian-raised, Chicago-based fiber artist and professor whose large sculptural installations are made by hand from biodegradable materials like burlap and cheesecloth.
No Name (brand)
No Name (no name) is Loblaw's Canadian discount private-label grocery brand, launched 1978 with 16 yellow-and-black packaged generics, now about 2,900 products sold at Loblaws, No Frills, and Real Canadian Superstore.
Noah Mills
Noah Mills (born 1983, Toronto) is a Canadian model, actor, and writer, face of Dolce & Gabbana campaigns, and television actor in The Brave, The Enemy Within, and NCIS: Hawai'i as Jesse Boone.
Noble rot
Noble rot is the beneficial form of Botrytis cinerea on ripe grapes; damp nights and dry days shrivel berries, concentrating sugar to make Tokaji Aszú, Sauternes, and Trockenbeerenauslese sweet wines.
Nobu Matsuhisa
Nobu Matsuhisa (born 1949, Saitama) is the Japanese chef behind Matsuhisa Beverly Hills and the Nobu restaurant-hotel empire with Robert De Niro and Meir Teper, known for Japanese-Peruvian fusion (Nikkei) dishes like black cod miso.
Noémie Lenoir
Noémie Lenoir, also known as Naomi Lenoir, is a French model and actress born in 1979, best known as a face of Marks & Spencer and a longtime L'Oréal Paris spokesmodel.
Noh costume
A Noh costume (能装束, nōshōzoku) is a luxurious silk or bast-fiber garment worn by performers of Noh and Kyōgen, selected for each role and play.
Nok culture
Nok culture: Iron Age farming society of central Nigeria, c. 1500–1 cal BC, famed for terracotta figurines, the earliest large-size sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa, and early West African iron smelting at Taruga.
Noma (restaurant)
Noma is a Danish gourmet restaurant in Copenhagen, opened in 2003 by Claus Meyer and chef René Redzepi as a leader of the New Nordic Kitchen movement.
Nomura (toy company)
Nomura Toy Co., Ltd. was a Japanese toy manufacturer founded in 1923 in Tokyo, known for postwar tinplate and battery-operated toys and acquired by Hasbro in 1992.
Non-dairy creamer
Non-dairy creamer is a manufactured product used to substitute for milk or cream in coffee, tea, and chocolate drinks, though standard versions often contain milk-derived sodium caseinate.
Non-Therapeutic Body Modification
Non-therapeutic body modification: deliberate lasting body alteration (piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting, circumcision) for cultural, aesthetic, or identity reasons, defined by MeSH in 2005 and distinguished from medical or cosmetic surgery.
Noni juice
Noni juice, from Morinda citrifolia (Indian mulberry, cheese fruit), is a fermented tropical fruit drink marketed as a dietary supplement. Long used in Polynesian medicine and approved as an EU novel food, it shows antioxidant activity in vitro but no proven human health benefits, with liver and potassium cautions.
Nonomura Ninsei
Nonomura Ninsei (野々村仁清) was an early Edo period Japanese potter, active from about 1646, who perfected overglaze enamel decoration in Kyoto ware at his Omuro kiln.
Nonpareils
Nonpareils, also called hundreds and thousands in the UK, are tiny round sugar-and-starch sprinkles about 1 mm across, distinct from jimmies, pearls, and dragees, and also name a chocolate-disc candy.
Nonwoven fabric
Nonwoven fabric (nonwovens, spunbond, meltblown, spunlace) is a fiber web bonded mechanically, thermally, or chemically rather than woven or knitted, used in hygiene, medical, filtration, and geotextile products.
Noodle
Noodle (麵條, menrui): unleavened dough or starch strips cooked in boiling liquid, spanning Chinese mian, Japanese udon and soba, rice vermicelli, and glass noodles; distinguished from pasta by form and raw material, with 4,000-year-old millet noodles found at Lajia, China.