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À nous la liberté
À nous la liberté (English: "Freedom for Us") is a 1931 film by René Clair concerning the escape of a convict and his subsequent rise up the industrial ladder. It makes a comment about society through the fact that it depicts industrial working conditions as not much different from being in pris..
Nou, Niigata
Nou (能生町; -machi) is a town located in Nishikubiki District, Niigata, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,266 and a density of 68.22 persons per km². The total area is 150.49 km². The town was merged into Itoigawa in March 19, 2005. ..
Nouadhibou
Nouadhibou (Arabic: نواذيبو; formerly Port-Étienne; pop. ca. 90,000) is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as the country's commercial center. It is situated on a 40-mile peninsula or headland called Ras Nouadhibou, Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of which the western side, with th..
Nouakchott
Nouakchott (Arabic: نواكشوط or انواكشوط [trans. "The place of the winds"] Nawākšūṭ) is the capital and by far the largest city of Mauritania, and is Sahara's largest city if one excludes marginal cases like Cairo (in the Nile River Delta) and the cities north of the Atl..
Nouakchott International Airport
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Nouasseur Air Base
Nouasseur Air Base near Casablanca, FrenchMorocco is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) base. It was designed for B-36 and B-52 bombers. Today, Nouasseur AB is known as Mohammed V International Airport. Origns USAF air base siting in French Morocco developed out of ..
Noua Dreaptă
A political sticker displaying the Celtic cross and the words "identitate naţională, revoluţie spirituală" (national identity, spiritual revolution). Noua Dreaptă (Romanian: New Right; genitive/dative: Noii Drepte) is an extreme right nationalist organization in Romania, founded in 2000...
Noubarya
Noubarya (Arabic: النوبارية الجديدة) is a town in Egypt, approximately 100 miles north of Cairo. The settlement was founded in 1987 as part of an irrigation scheme using water from the Nile. ..
Noucentisme
Noucentisme (noucentista being its adjective) was a Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century that originated largely as a reaction against Modernisme, both in art and ideology, and was, simultaneously, a perception of art almost opposite to that of avantgardists. In 1906, Eugeni d'Ors c..
Nougastrating
Nougastrating refers to the act of making nougat. This refers to the old-fashioned way of producing the nougat as well as the use of a nougat machine. Many different nougat machine types are employed in the production of nougat, and the nougat comes in many forms. Creamy nougat and chewy nougat a..
Nougat
Ersatz nougat as found in commercial candy bars Nougat is a confectionery made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios or hazelnuts are common) and sometimes chopped, candied fruit. The consistency of nougat can range from chewy to hard depending on its composition. T..
Nougier
Nougier were French hand built road racing motorcycles made by Jean Nougier from 1937 to 1972. ..
Nouhak Phoumsavanh
200px Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (born April 9, 1914) was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who succeeded Kaysone Phomvihane as president of Laos on the latter's death in November 1992. He had been First Deputy Prime Minister when Kaysone was Prime Ministe..
Noujoum Al-Moustakbal
Noujoum Al-Moustakbal is a program of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation presenting new music stars on Future TV. ..
Noumbiel
Noumbiel is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. Its capital is Batié. Provinces of Burkina Faso ..
Nouméa
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Nouméa Accord
The Noumea Accord of 1998 promises political power to the Kanaks until full independence is achieved in 2013 or 2018. France will continue to control military and foreign affairs, immigration, police and currency until that time. Informal English Translation of the French Text of the Accord (No..
Noumena
Noumena is a melodic death metal band from Finland. The band's name comes from the word noumenon, a philosophical term used by Immanuel Kant. It consists of five members: vocalist Antti Haapanen, guitarists Tuukka Tuomela and Ville Lamminaho, bass guitarist Hannu Savolainen and drummer Ilkka Unnbo..
Noumenon
The noumenon or thing in itself (German: Ding an sich) is a basic reality underlying observable phenomena. Contents 1 Kant's usage2 Schopenhauer's critique of Kant3 Etymology4 External links5 See also Kant's usage The word came into its modern usage through Immanuel Kan..
Noun
Examples A noun is the name of a person, place, or thing: Janet is the name of a girl.Apple is a fruit and a computer company.In the above sentence, "computer" is acting as an adjectival modifier of "company", and together the two words — each of them a noun in itself — make up the compound ..
Nouna
Nouna is a town located in the province of Kossi in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Kossi Province. Nouna is a fairly developed town that boasts electricity, running water, land-line telephones, and cellular phones. It also has a high school, bank, post office, mayor's office, and several hot..
Nounsley
Nounsley is a hamlet in the parish of the larger Essex village of Hatfield Peverel to which it is connected by a hill and footpaths. In the very hard winter of 1961/62, snow on Nounsley Hill cut the village off to wheeled traffic for 3 days. There is one public house, The Sportsman's Arms and a ..
Noun adjunct
In linguistics, a noun adjunct is an adjunct in which a noun modifies another noun. For example, in chicken soup, the word chicken is a noun adjunct that modifies the word soup. See also AdjectiveAdjunctCompound nounGerund External links [LinguaLinks page on noun adjuncts][Noun adju..
Noun phrase
In grammatical theory, a noun phrase (abbreviated NP) is a phrase whose head is a noun or a pronoun, optionally accompanied by a set of modifiers. These modifiers may be: Determiners: Articles (the, a), demonstratives (this, that), numerals (two, five, etc.), possessives (my, their, etc.), and qua..
Noura Rahal
Noura Rahal (Arabic: نورا رحال) is a popular Lebanese singer for a lebanese father and a syrian mother. ..
Nourdine Bourhane
Nourdine Bourhane served as prime minister of Comoros from December 1997 to May 1998. He has also served as minister of several cabinet departments including information, culture, youth and sports and posts and telecommunications. ..
Nourdin Boukhari
Nourdin Boukhari (born 30 June 1980 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer. He currently plays for FC Nantes coming from Ajax where he made his debut against FC Groningen on 1 September 2002 (1-3). He previously played for Sparta where he stood out for his technical skill. Boukhari chose to r..
Noureddine Morceli
Noureddine Morceli (born February 28, 1970) is a former Algerian athlete, winner of 1500 m run at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Born in Tenes, Algeria, Noureddine Morceli rose to athletic prominence after winning the silver medal in the 1500 m at the World Junior Championships in 1988. In 1990, he ..
Noureddine Naybet
Noureddine Naybet (Arabic: نور الدين نبيت) (born February 10, 1970) is a Moroccan international football player and captain. He is a defender. Naybet has earned 115 caps with the Moroccan national team and scored 2 goals. He was signed by Tottenham Hotspur on August 13th - and made ..
Nouredine el Fahtni
Nouredine el Fahtni is a suspected member of terrorist organisation Hofstad Network. He is of North African providence and in his twenties, but both date and place of birth are uncertain. At the time of his arrest on 22 june 2005, he was staying in the Netherlands illegally. El Fahtni is believed ..
Nouria Mérah-Benida
Nouria Mérah-Benida (born October 19, 1970 in Algiers) is an Algerian middle distance runner. At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg Mérah-Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1500 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a somewhat surprising gold medal ahead of Ro..
Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini is a professor of economics at New York University. He is also the chairman of Roubini Global Economics. He served in various roles at the Treasury Department, including Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Director of the Office of Policy Development..
Nouritza Matossian
Nouritza Matossian (born 24 April 1945, Nicosia, Cyprus) is an Armenian writer, actress, broadcaster and human rights activist. She writes on the arts, contemporary music, history and Armenia. Matossian published the first biography and critical study of the Greek composer Iannis Xenakis, the sourc..
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri Kamel al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل المالكي, transliterated Nūrī Kāmil al-Mālikī; born c. 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki, is Prime Minister of Iraq (2006-). He is a Shi'a Muslim, and is the deputy leader of the Islamic Dawa Party. He was appointed to succeed the tran..
Noury's Argonaut
Noury's Argonaut (Argonauta nouryi) is a species of pelagic octopus. The female of the species, like all argonauts, creates a paper-thin eggcase that coils around the octopus much like the way a nautilus lives in its shell (hence the name paper nautilus). The shell is usually approximately 80 mm..
Noury Said
Noury Said was a minister in Iraq. In 1930 he acted as a plenipotentiary and signed a treaty with the United Kingdom which gave the UK the right to station troops in and around Baghdad. ..
Nour Eddine
Nour-Eddine Moroccan musician, choreographer and singer. Based in Italy, he has been involved in various groups of ethnic music, traditional music of the desert, such as Azahara, Desert sound, and Jajouka, with whom he has played both in Italy and abroad. ..
Nour El-Khoury
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Nour El-Khoury is a Maronite Christian Lebanese woman, born on June 7, 1960. Maronite is an oriental confession that follows the Roman Catholic Church. During the Lebanese war in the 1980s, wounds on the back of Nour’s hands appeared and pieces of incense starte..
Nour El-Sherif
Nour El-Sherif (Arabic: نور الشريف ) (born April 28, 1946) is a contemporary Egyptian actor. His birth name is Mohamed Gaber (Arabic:محمد جابر). Nour El-Sherif in one of his movies featuring his ex-wife Poussi El-Sherif was born in the working-class neighbourhood of Sayeda Za..
Nour Mhanna
Nour Mhanna (Nur Mahana), son of a respected Alawi Sheik, was formly a reciter of the Qur'an, but decided to use his impressive voice for a singing career which rapidly earned him fame throughout Syria and other countries in the Arab world. His most famous album to date is Wala Kan Albal with 3alayh..
Nous
Nous (Νους) is a Greek word (pronounced "noose"), that corresponds to the English words intelligence, intellect, or mind. It signifies a search for order by the part of the soul or mind that knows and thinks. In some forms of Greek mythology, order was imposed by an anthropomorphic father of all..
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Nousiainen
Nousiaisten kunta municipality in Finland Province Western Finland Region Finland Proper Sub-region Turku City manager Hannu Rämö Official languages Finnish Area - total - land 331st198.37 km²198.06 km² density 231st4,333+ 1.5 %21.9/km² Urb..
Nousics
Coined by philosopher Tony Montano, the word Nousics (from the Greek, nous, meaning "soul") is defined as “the study of souls.” Particularly, Nousics attempts to discover a hypothetical set of laws that are believed to govern the behavior of souls. In doing so, spiritualists may utilize these ..
Nousukausi
Nousukausi, a.k.a. Upswing, is a 2003 Finland black comedy film. It is directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa. Story overview A rich young couple opts for a unusual vacation in a slum. However, their travel agent has a malicious plan of stealing all of their fortunes. When the couple realises that, they..
Nous irons tous au paradis
Nous irons tous au paradis (English: We Will All Meet in Paradise) is a French film, directed by Yves Robert, released in 1977. The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Contents 1 Synopsis2 Technical worksheet3 Cr..
Nous Les Amoureux
Nous Les Amoureaux (English translation: "We The Lovers") was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French for Luxembourg by Jean-Claude Pascal. The song is a return to the more serious style of entry, with Pascal singing about himself and another (rumoured on diggiloo...
Nous les martiens
Nous les martiens ("We the Martians") is a French science fiction novel written by Henri René Guieu, under the pseudonym Jimmy Guieu. It was published in 1954. ..
Nous On Veut Des Violons
Nous On Veut Des Violons (English translation: "We Want Violins") was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in French by Morgane. The song was performed second on the night (following Spain's Serafín Zubiri with Todo Esto Es La Música and preceding Israel's Dafna Dekel w..
Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain
Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain ("New Essays on Human Understanding") was a chapter-by-chapter rebuttal by Gottfried Leibniz of John Locke's major work, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. It is one of only two full-length works by Leibniz (the other being the Theodicy). Like many phil..
Nouveau Calls
Nouveau Calls is the fourteenth album by legendary rock band Wishbone Ash. It is an all-instrumental album and is the first in 14 years to feature the original lineup of the band. In 1987, IRS Records founder and original Wishbone manager Miles Copeland began a record label entitled "No Speak," w..
Nouveau Flamenco
Nouveau Flamenco may refer to one of the following. New Flamenco music style.Nouveau Flamenco (album), an album by Ottmar Liebert. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change th..
Nouveau Flamenco (album)
Nouveau Flamenco is title of Ottmar Liebert's first album, released in May 1990, written in a subgenre of flamenco known as New Flamenco, fusing pop music forms and call-response structure together with flamenco elements. Tracks Surrender To Love - 4:41Sante Fe - 4:18Barcelona Nights - 4:03Flowers..
Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec
The New Democratic Party of Quebec (in French: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec) (NPD-Québec or NPDQ) was a political party in Quebec, Canada, with social democratic and democratic socialist tendencies. The name was in use from 1963 to 1994. Contents 1 History2 Leaders of the NP..
Nouveau riche
Nouveau riche (Fr. “new rich”) is a term, usually derogatory, to describe persons who acquire wealth within their generation, and spend it conspicuously. The implication is that, being of lower- or middle-class origin, these individuals lack the taste to use wealth properly. Hence, this class of..
Nouveau Riche
This article is about the musical group. See [Wiktionary] for a definition of the term "nouveau riche". Nouveau Riche (NR) is a music group which includes two members - Ulrich Bermsjö and Dominika Peczynski. The group was created by Dominika, an ex-member of Army of Lovers, in 2005. T..
Nouveau roman
French literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] • &..
Nouveau Système de Cotation
The NSC (Nouveau Système de Cotation) is one of Euronext's electronic trading technologies. It was developed by the Paris Bourse in the early 1990s and introduced in 1995 as an upgrade of the CAC system (Cotation Assitée en Continu). ..
Nouvelair
Nouvelair Airbus A321 Nouvelair is a scheduled and charter passenger airline based in Monastir in Tunisia. It operates tourist charters from European cities to Tunisian holiday resorts. Contents 1 History2 Services3 Fleet4 External links History The airline was establ..
Nouvelle, Quebec
Nouvelle is a municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé Peninsula at the confluence of the Nouvelle River and Chaleur Bay. It is the seat of the MRC d'Avignon. Nouvelle covers an area of 230.63 km2 and has a population of 1,949. Communities AllardDrapeauDugalMiguashaMiguasha-OuestNouvell..
Nouvelles Odes
Nouvelles Odes is a book by Victor Hugo. ..
Nouvelles Saisons
Nouvelles Saisons was a politically-orientated society in France, around during the French Second Republic. ..
Nouvelle Action Royaliste
The Nouvelle Action Royaliste (NAR, New Royalist Action), is a monarchist (Orléanist) political movement marked by a will to found a constitutional monarchy in France. History The movement has its roots in Action Française, the major French monarchist movement before World War II, which was re-f..
Nouvelle Athènes
The Nouvelle Athènes was a cafe on place Pigalle in Paris, France. The cafe was a meeting place for the impressionists including Matisse, Van Gogh and Degas. L'absinthe by Degas was painted in the cafe. In the 1940's, the cafe was known as the Sphynx, a famous striptease frequented by the Nazis a..
Nouvelle Cuisine
Nouvelle cuisine (French for "new cuisine") is an approach to cooking and food presentation. This new style was a reaction to the French cuisine classique which called for lighter, more delicate dishes, without heavy sauces and overcooked vegetables, and placed a higher importance on presentation. ..
Nouvelle Droite
For the broad set of Post-WWII international right-wing dissident movements, see New Right. Nouvelle Droite (English: New Right) is a school of political thought founded largely on the works of Alain de Benoist and GRECE. According to de Benoist: * "We are a theoretical and cultural movement...i..
Nouvelle Experience
Nouvelle Experience was Cirque du Soleil's 4th creation, which begun staging in 1990. Unfortunately, the show's tour ended in 1993 in the Mirage Parking lot in Las Vegas, Nevada. Acts and Descriptions Contortion Four women, clad in pink, take to a suspended platform amidst the stage. They appear t..
Nouvelle illustration
Nouvelle illustration is an illustration movement born in France that takes its roots from the beginning of the last decade of the 20th century. It has been influenced by comics but also by techno design. ..
Nouvelle Planète
Nouvelle Planète is a non-profit organization founded on Albert Schweitzer’s examples, ideas and ethics; it is strictly neutral in religion and politics, and works to support small practical projects in countries in the southern hemisphere, setting up direct relations between people in the North ..
Nouvelle Revue Française
La Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF) is a literary magazine founded in 1909 by André Gide. In 1911, Gaston Gallimard became editor of the revue, which led to the founding of the publishing house, Éditions Gallimard. Established writers such as Paul Bourget and Anatole France contributed to the ma..
Nouvelle Star
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Nouvelle Théologie
Nouvelle Théologie (French, "New Theology") is the name given to a school of thought in Catholic theology that arose in the mid-20th century, most notably among certain circles of French and German theologians. The shared objective of these theologians was a reform of how the Catholic Church approa..
Nouvelle Vague (album)
Cover of US edition Nouvelle Vague is the 2004 debut album by Nouvelle Vague. The album consists entirely of bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/New Wave era. The phrase "nouvelle vague" means "new wave" in French and "bossa nova" means "new trend" ..
Nouvelle Vague (band)
Nouvelle Vague (French for "new wave") is a bossa nova group initiated by French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. The group has so far released an eponymous album consisting of bossa nova covers of songs from the New Wave and other genres. The covers include songs by Joy Division, Dead Ke..
Nouvel Catholic Central High School
Nouvel Catholic Central High School is a private, Catholic high school located in Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan and serving the Saginaw region. Nouvel is a co-ed, college preparatory institution that has approximately 500 students. The school was formed in 1984 as a consolidation of the then ..
Nouvel Opéra (Lyon)
The Opéra Nouvel (Nouvel Opera House) in Lyon, France is the home of the Opéra National de Lyon. The original opera house was re-designed by the distinguished French architect, Jean Nouvel between 1985 and 1993 and is named after him. In 1756, one of the first opera houses created inside an ex..
Nou Castalia
Nou Castalia is a multi-use stadium in Castellón, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CD Castellon. The stadium holds 12,500 and was built in 1922. ..
Nou Estadi
Nou Estadi is a multi-use stadium in Tarragona, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Gimnastic de Tarragona. The stadium holds 12,000. ..
No U-Turn Recordings
No U-Turn Recordings is a UK based record label owned and run by Nico (Nicholas Kristain Sykes). A visionary producer and pioneer of Drum and bass driven Techstep, he helped develop ground breaking artists such as Ed Rush, Trace, Rymetyme, Fierce, Sinthetix, Silent Witness & Break. No U-Turn re..
No U-turn syndrome
No U-Turn Syndrome (NUTS) is a term first coined by Singapore entrepreneur Sim Wong Hoo, to prominently describe the social behaviour of Singaporeans having a mindset of compliance to higher authorities before proceeding with any action. In his book Chaotic Thoughts from the Old Millenium, he us..
No Use for a Name
No Use for a Name (Abbreviated NUFAN) is a Punk rock band from San Jose, CA, USA, formed in 1987 by Tony Sly and Rory Koff. The band is highly praised in the Skate punk and Hardcore punk scenes, though the band's sound has evolved considerably through its career, taking on a much lighter and poppier..
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