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N'Gabthoth
N'Gabthoth is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a demon who has clashed with the Doctor Strange. He once served as an agent of Shuma-Gorath. External Link [N'Gabthoth at marvunapp.com] ..
N'Garai
The N'Garai are a fictional race found in the Marvel Comics universe. They are a race of demons created by Chthon, and have come into conflict with the Midnight Sons and the X-Men. External Link [N'Garai at marvunapp.com] ..
N-Gage
This article is about the hand-held telephone. For the model railway N gauge, see N scale. The Nokia N-Gage is a mobile telephone and handheld game system based on the Nokia Series 60 platform. It was launched on October 7, 2003. Contents 1 History2 Devices2.1 N-Gage2.2 N-Gag..
NGA
NGA may refer to: National Governors Association (existing in many countries)National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of AustraliaNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in the U.S.National Gardening AssociationNational Golf AssociationNational Greyhound AssociationNational Grocers AssociationNebras..
NGA.NET
Commonly referred to as Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Hiring Management Systems (HMS) or online recruitment software - e-recruitment software is fast becoming an essential part of any HR strategy and is increasingly being adopted by Companies globally to manage graduate and experienced hire r..
Ngaanyatjarraku, Western Australia
The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku is a remote local government area in Western Australia near Northern Territory/South Australian border. It is 1,542 km from Perth. It has 560 km of gravel road and is far from bitumen roads. It was formed on 1 July 1993 following a report of the Local Government Boundar..
Ngaanyatjarra language
Ngaanyatjarra (also Nyanganyatjara, Ngaanyatjara, Ngaanjatjarra) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large South-West branch of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is one of the dialects of the Western Desert Language and is very similar to its close neighbour Ngaa..
Ngaatjatjarra language
Ngaatjatjarra is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large South-West branch of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is one of the dialects of the Western Desert Language and is very similar to its close neighbour Ngaanyatjarra, with which it is highly mutually intelli..
Ngadha language
Ngadha is one of six languages spoken on the island of Flores, Indonesia. From west to east the languages are: Ngadha, Nage, Keo, Ende, Lio, and Palu'e. ..
Ngadi Chuli
Ngadi Chuli (also known as Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, or Dunapurna) lies in the Gurkha massif a.k.a. the Mansiri (or Manaslu) Himalaya in Nepal. It is flanked by Manaslu in the North and Himalchuli in the South. Despite its top 20 height, Ngadi Chuli is perhaps only climbed once or twice. The firs..
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Ngai
Ngai (Enkai, En-kai, Engai, Eng-ai, Mweai, Mwiai) is the supreme God in the monotheistic religions of the Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai tribes of Kenya. According to the Kikuyu tradition, he lives on the holy mountain Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya). According to the Kamba, he lives somewhere in a hiding and no ..
Ngaio
Ngaio is originally a Maori word. It has various meanings related to New Zealand: A variety of tree, the Ngaio, also known as the Mousehole tree.Ngaio, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.Ngaio Marsh, author and theatre director. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of..
Ngaio, New Zealand
Suburb:Ngaio City:Wellington Island:North Island Surrounded by: to the northMt Kaukau to the eastKhandallah, Te Kainga to the southKaiwharawhara, Wadestown to the westCrofton Downs Ngaio is an inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is situate..
Ngaio (tree)
The Ngaio or Mousehole tree (Myoporum laetum) is a tree in the family Myoporaceae native to New Zealand. It is deciduous, grows to a height of 50-70 feet, and bears white or near white blossoms in late winter to mid spring. According to Maori legend, a Ngaio tree can be seen on the moon: The ..
Ngaio Marsh
Dame Ngaio Marsh DBE (April 23, 1895 - February 18, 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh was an author and theatre director from New Zealand. There is some uncertainty over her birth date as her father neglected to register her birth until 1900. Contents 1 Life account2 Bibliography2.1 De..
Ngaio Marsh Theatre
The Ngaio Marsh Theatre is a 400-seat proscenium-arch theatre housed within the University of Canterbury Students' Association building in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is named in honour of Dame Ngaio Marsh, who was a director and patron of theatre, especially Shakespeare, at the University between..
Ngaire Woods
Ngaire Woods is fellow in Politics and International Relations at University College, Oxford and Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme at the Department of Politics and International Relations and Centre for International Studies of the University of Oxford. She is a New Zealander. B..
Ngaiterangi
Ngaiterangi (often spelt Ngai Te Rangi) is a Maori iwi (tribe), based in Tauranga. External links [Ngaiterangi website] ..
Ngalakan language
Ngalakan or Ngalakgan is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Northern Non-Pama-Nyungan languages. Contents 1 Sounds1.1 Consonants1.2 Vowels2 Bibliography Sounds Consonants Bilabial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive p t ʈ c k ʔ Nasal m n..
Ngaliema
Ngaliema is a district in the west of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The community stretches south towards Mont Ngaliema and all along with main road connecting Kinshasa to the major city of Matadi in Bas-Congo. In addition to the districts of Binza Ozone, Binza Météo..
Ngalop
The Ngalop comprise the largest ethnic group of Bhutan, and as they control the government and the culture, the are more often simply identified as the Bhutanese. Orientalists historically called them the Bhote, meaning they were from Bhotia, or Tibet. This term was also applied to the Tibetan peo..
Ngalopkha language
Ngalopkha is a derivative of Tibetan language spoken in parts of western Bhutan. ..
Ngamaba-Mfilou
Ngamaba-Mfilou is a town located in the Kouilou Region of the Republic of the Congo. ..
Ngambri
Ngambri or Kamberri is the name of the ancestral group and their descendants after whom the capital of Australia, Canberra, is named. Since the Native Title Act was passed in 1994, the mainly Yass- and Boorowa-based Ngunnawal(also spelled Ngunawal, which is the name of a language not a people) have ..
NGamer
NGamer Magazine is a brand-new British magazine specialising in Nintendo created consoles; to be released on July 13, 2006. It is the successor publication to N64/NGC Magazine (1997-2006) and Super Play (1992-1996), continuing the unique style of those magazines. Future Publishing revealed this i..
Ngan'gityemerri language
Ngan’gityemerri (also Ngan.gi-tjemerri, Nangikurrunggurr) is an Australian Aboriginal language. Classification Ngan’gityemerri is closely related to Murrinh-patha. Together they form a branch of the Daly languages, called Murrinh-Patha by Ethnologue (2005) and the Southern Daly group by Dixon (..
Nganaoa
In Cook Islands mythology (Aitutaki), Nganaoa is a hero in the story of Rata's canoe who killed three sea-monsters: a gigantic clam, a huge octopus, a finally a great whale in the stomach of which he found his father, Tairitokerau, and his mother Vāiaroa alive (Gill 1876:147). References W.W. Gill..
Nganasan language
Nganasan language (formerly called тавгийский tavgijskij or тавгийско-самоедский tavgijsko-samojedskij, from the ethnonym тавги tavgi) is a language of the Nganasan people. It is spoken by some 1063 (1989 est.) or 750 people (1970 est.) in the southwestern and cen..
Nganasan people
The Nganasans are one of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. They are the northernmost of the Samoyedic peoples, living on the Taimyr Peninsula in the Arctic Ocean. Their territory is part of the Taimyr Autonomous Region of the Krasnoyarsk district. Their "capital" is the village of Ust-Avamsk. They ..
Ngangikurrunggurr language
The Ngangikurrunggurr is a tribe of people famous for their weaving who live in a small community called Peppimenarti, Northern Territory, Australia. They have a self-titled language that is known for having noun classes reserved for canines and hunting weapons. ..
Ngan Wai (KCR)
Ngan Wai (銀圍) is a station on the KCR Light Rail in Tuen Mun, the New Territories, Hong Kong. It serves the northern part of Chelsea Heights and the southern part of Affluence Garden. It belongs to Zone 2 for single-ride ticket. Routes 507: Tin King to Ferry Pier610: Yuen Long to Ferry Pier ..
Ngan Wan Estate
Ngan Wan Estate (銀灣邨) is a public housing estate in Mui Wo of Lantau Island, an outlying island of Hong Kong. Blocks Transport External links [Ngan Wan Estate (Hong Kong Housing Authority)] ..
Ngaoundal
Ngaoundal is a town in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon. It is located at 6° 30" North, 13° 16" East. The town is home to a regional airport. Bauxite is mined nearby. References Neba, Aaron, Ph.D. (1999) Modern Geography of the Republic of Cameroon, 3rd ed. Bamenda: Neba Publishers."[Ngaou..
Ngaoundéré
Downtown Ngaoundéré Ngaoundéré or N'Gaoundéré is the capital of the Adamawa Province of Cameroon. It has a population of 189,800 (2001 estimate). It lies at the northern end of the railway to Yaoundé and is also home to an airport. Attractions in the city include the Lamido Palace a..
Ngapara and Tokarahi Branches
The Ngapara and Tokarahi Branches were two connected branch lines in northern Otago, New Zealand that formed part of the national railway system. The Ngapara Branch opened to the public in 1877 and almost all of it was closed in 1959, with the remaining portion closed in 1997. The Tokarahi Branch ..
Ngapuhi
Ngapuhi form one of the major and (with over 100,000 members) the single most numerous of the Maori tribes or iwi in New Zealand, occupying much the Northland Peninsula, also known as Tai Tokerau, north of the city of Auckland. Early in the 19th century, Ngapuhi chief Hongi Hika (uncle of Hone Heke..
Ngara
Ngara is one of the six districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Karagwe District, to the east by the Biharamulo District, to the south by the Kigoma Region, to the northeast by the Muleba District and to the west by Rwanda and Burundi. According to the 2002..
Ngaraard
Ngaraard state flag Ngaraard is the eighth state of the Rebuplic of Palau an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 300 miles (500 km) east of the Philippines. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship (administered by the United States) in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and sm..
Ngarchelong
Ngarchelong is the name of an administrative division of the country of Palau. Ngarchelong is at the northern most tip of the island of Babeldaob. It is an important historical site and has undergone archeological excavation. Ngarchelong is the site of ancient stone monoliths which are mysteriou..
Ngardi language
Not to be confused with Ngardilpa (linguistics). Ngardi or Ngardilj is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language. Contents 1 Classication2 Phonology2.1 Vowels2.2 Consonants3 References Classication Capell (1962) considered Ngardi, Warlpiri, and Warlmanpa to be dialects ..
Ngardmau
Ngardmau is one of Palau's sixteen states and is located on the west side of Babeldaob between the states of Ngaraard and Ngeremlengui. Its total area is 20.5 square miles. According to the last census, 221 persons are living in Ngardmau. Their 46 households are situated in three hamlets; Ngetbong, ..
Ngaremlengui
Ngeremlengui is one of Palau's sixteen states. ..
Ngariman
In Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Karadjeri), Ngariman is a cat-man who killed the Bagadjimbiri, two dingo gods and sons of Dilga, an earth goddess. In revenge, she drowned Ngariman with her milk by flooding the underground cavern where he killed her sons. ..
Ngarindo Milengar
Ngarindo Milengar is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Chad. ..
Ngari Prefecture
Ngari Prefecture (Tibetan: མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ་; Wylie: mnga' ris sa khul; simplified Chinese: 阿里地区; pinyin: Ālǐ Dìqū) is a prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Its capital is Gar County. It includes part of the Aksai Chin area, a part of Kashmir, which is ..
Ngarlejy Yorongar
Ngarlejy Yorongar is a Chadian politician, leader of the opposition party Front of Action Forces for the Republic (in French Front des Forces d'Action pour la République or FAR). Before entering in politics Yorongar had been in the civil service of his country. His first employment was in N'Djame..
Ngaro
Ngaro (vanished) is mentioned as a delicacy of the dead in a Māori legend from the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. Te Atarahi was five days and five nights in Te Reinga, the place from where the spirits of the dead leap into the underworld. His seemingly dead body was found by two wom..
Ngarrindjeri
The Ngarrinjeri is the language and traditional Aboriginal people of the lower Murray River and western Fleurieu Peninsula, Australia. The traditional areas extend from Mannum downstream through Murray Bridge and Goolwa and along the coast through Victor Harbor to Cape Jervis to the southwest and ar..
Ngarrkic languages
Ngarrkic is a collective name for a pair of closely-related languages of Central Australia. It is part of the diverse Southwest Pama-Nyungan family, which in turn belongs to the Pama-Nyungan family. The family is named after the common word for man in the member languages, ngarrka (IPA: [ˈ..
Ngaru
In a tradition from Mangaia in the Cook Islands, Ngaru (wave) was an ancient hero who lived in Avaiki (Hawaiki). His mother was Vaiare and his grand-father, Moko (the great lizard). His wife was the beautiful Tongatea. To prove his prowess, Ngaru conquered the monsters of the deep, descended to t..
Ngaruawahia
Waikato River, passing through Ngaruawahia Ngāruawāhia (pop. 4000) is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 20 km north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers. Ngaruawahia is home to the Māori Kingitanga or King Movement. The o..
Ngaruawahia United
Ngaruawahia United is a soccer club in New Zealand. External links [Club website][New Zealand 2004/05 Season Results] Northern League Premier League Albany United | Bay Olympic | Birkenhead United | Central United | East Coast Bays | Eastern Suburbs | Glenfield Rovers | Mang..
Ngaruroro River
The Ngaruroro River is located in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It runs for a total of 100 kilometres, southeast from the Kaweka Range and then east before emptying into Hawke Bay 10 kilometres south of Napier, near the town of Clive. The Ngaruroro is one of several rivers that helped fo..
Ngatea
Ngatea is a small town on the Hauraki Plains in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 18 kilometres southwest of Thames and 70 kilometres southeast of Auckland. Ngatea lies on the Piako River, eight kilometres south of its outflow into the Firth of Thames. Ngatea is the 'service centre' f..
Ngatimoti
Ngatimoti is a small town near Motueka in New Zealand's South Island. The Maori name means "of Timothy". The town lies on the banks of the Motueka River and has been inhabited since 1855 when the Salisbury brothers arrived in the river valley. The area is home to forestry, apple orchards and sheep ..
Ngati hotu
Ngati Hotu is the name of a tribe of people who are sometimes described as "pre fleet" or pre Māori who reportedly lived in the central north island of New Zealand in the area surrounding Lake Taupo, where the modern day Tuwharetoa iwi now resides. Māori oral tradition has passed down descriptions..
Ngatpang
Ngatpang is one of Palau's sixteen states. ..
Ngau Chi Wan
Ngau Chi Wan (Chinese: 牛池灣) was a bay beneath Hammer Hill in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is now referring to an area north of Choi Hung Estate. Amidst in an urban built-up area, the original Ngau Chi Wan Village remains. St. Joseph Home for the Age is famous in the area and now under re-devel..
Ngau Kok Wan
Ngau Kok Wan (牛角灣) is a bay in the north coast of Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Cement Plant of Hong Kong Cement Manufacturing Company Limited from Tsing Leng Tsui had settled in the reclaimed bay. Tsing Yi North Coastal Road and Ting Kau Bridge connect high above the place. ..
Ngau Tau Kok
Ngau Tau Kok (牛頭角, Jyutping: ngau4 tau4 gok3, Pinyin: Niútóujiǎo) is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, located at the northern part of Kwun Tong District, next to Kowloon Bay. It covers Jordon Valley, Ngau Tau Kok and Upper Kwun Tong Town Central. More than 210,000 in population are living in ..
Ngau Tau Kok (MTR)
Ngau Tau Kok (Chinese: 牛頭角, Jyutping: ngau4 tau4 gok3, Pinyin: Niútóujiǎo) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. It is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area, between Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay stations. It opened in 1979. Ngau Tau Kok is one of the oldest stations in the MTR, and o..
Ngawang Chophel
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Ngawang Namgyal
Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651) was the founder of Bhutan. In addition to unifying the country for the first time in the 1630s, he also sought to create a distinctly Bhutanese cultural identity, separate from the Tibetan culture from which it was derived. Contents 1 Flight from Tibet2..
Ngawang Tashi Bapu
Geshe Ngawang Tashi Bapu, (born 1968) also known as Lama Tashi is a former Principal Chant Master of the Dalai Lama. A Monpa, Tashi was born in the Thembang village of West Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh, India and commenced formal study in 1985, at age 17. He is a multi-phonic chanter and has perfor..
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 阿坝藏族羌族自治州; Pinyin: Ābà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu, Tibetan - རྔ་བ་བོད་རིགས་ཆ་བ༹ང་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Rnga-ba Bod-rigs dang Chavang-rigs..
Ngawi
Ngawi is a small fishing / holiday town within five kilometers of Cape Palliser the southern most point of New Zealand's North Island. The town is made up of mainly small wooden houses, which are often Baches. Ngawi has one claim to fame - more bull dozers per head of population than anywhere else..
Ngayarda languages
The Ngayarda languages is the name given by linguists to a group of closely related languages in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The languages classified as members of the Ngayarda languages group are (following Dench 1995): NgarlaNyamalKariyarraNgarlumaYindjibarndiKurramaPanyjimaYinhawan..
Ngazargamu
Ngazargamu is an ancient Nigerian city, it is 30 km east of Geidam in Yobo State. Birnin Ngazargamu was founded by Mai Ali Gaji, a 14C leader of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. The city was then an important centre for trade and learning. In 1812 Ngazargamu was besieged and destroyed by Malam Zaki, in ..
Nga (god)
Among the Yurak people of Siberia, Nga was the god of death, as well as one of two demiurges, or Supreme Gods. According to one story, the world threatened to collapse on itself. To try and halt this cataclysm a shaman sought the advice of the other demiurge, Num. The shaman was advised to travel b..
Ngā Atua
In some versions of the Māori legend of Tāwhaki, Ngā Atua is the sixth of the twelve layers of the heavens (Craig 1989:183, White 1887-1891, I:App). References R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989),183;J. White, Ancient History of the Maori, 6 vols. (..
NGA Hooters Tour
The NGA Hooters Tour is the third-level men's golf tour in the United States after the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. It should be noted that this actually means it is the fourth-most lucrative men's tour based in the United States, as it is also well behind the Champions Tour in prize money, b..
Nga Iwi Morehu Movement
The Nga Iwi Morehu Movement was a New Zealand political party based around Maori. Its name literally translates as "the surviving people" or "the remnant people". It contested the 1996 election and the 2002 election as an unregistered party. In the latter case, it stood two candidates — Jennif..
Nga Ning Court
Nga Ning Court (雅寧苑) is a public housing estate on Cheung Chau, an outlying island of Hong Kong. Blocks Transport External links [Nga Ning Court (Hong Kong Housing Authority)] ..
Nga people
The Nga tribe (Tibetan: ང), or better known as Na or Nga-Fagin, is a small group of tribal people residing in the higher reaches, below the great Himalayan ranges in Upper Subansiri district. Within the district, they are found in the Taksing circle, Gumsing, Taying, Esnaya, Lingbing, Tongla, ..
Nga Tamatoa
Nga Tamatoa (the young warriors) was a Maori activist group from the early 1970s until 1979, and existed to fight threats to Maori culture and confront injustices perpetrated by the New Zealand Government, particularly violations of the Treaty of Waitangi. It emerged through a conference at the Uni..
Nga Tawa School
Nga Tawa, also known as the Wellington Diocesan School for Girls, is an integrated, Anglican girls’ boarding school situated in the heart of the Rangitikei. It is found just outside the township of Marton in New Zealand. The school was founded near Shannon in 1891, by Mary Taylor. She named he..
Nga Toki Matawhaorua
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Nga Tsin Wai Road
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Nga Tsin Wai Road (衙前圍道) is a major road linking Kowloon Tsai and Kowloon City in Hong Kong. It extend..
Nga Ying Chau
Nga Ying Chau (牙鷹洲), or Cap Island, was an island off the northeast shore of Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong, separated by a small harbour, Mun Tsai Tong, and Tsuen Wan is at its northeast, just across the Rambler Channel. When the small harbour was reclaimed for the development of new town, the..
NGéadal
Ogham letters Aicme Beithe Aicme Muine ᚁ Beith ᚋ Muin ᚂ Luis ᚌ Gort ᚃ Fearn ᚍ nGéadal ᚄ Sail ᚎ Straif ᚅ Nion ᚏ Ruis Aicme hÚatha Aicme Ailme ᚆ Uath ᚐ Ailm ᚇ Dair ᚑ Onn ᚈ Tinne ᚒ Úr ᚉ Coll ᚓ Eadhadh ᚊ Ceirt ᚔ..
N (game)
N is an award-winningBurns, Raigan and Mare Sheppard. [N : awards etc]. Metanet Software. URL accessed 9 July 2006. freeware Macromedia Flash computer game developed by Metanet Software. It was inspired in part by Lode Runner, Soldat, and other such games, and features a realistic physic..
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