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FRIDTJOF NANSEN (1861– )

HANS NANSEN (1598-1667)

EDICT OF NANTES

ROBERT NANTEUIL (1623-1678)

DADABHAI NAOROJI (1825– )

NAPHTHOLS, or HYDROXYNAPHTHALENES, C10H70H

NAPHTHYLAMINES, or AMINONAPHTIALENES

BARON FRANCIS NAPIER NAPIER AND ETTRICK (1819-1898)

1ST BARON ROBERT CORNELIS NAPIER NAPIER OF MAGDALA (1810-189o)

JOHN NAPIER (1550-1617)

SIR CHARLES NAPIER (1786-1860)

SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER (1782-1853)

SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK NAPIER (1785-1860)

NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)

KINGDOM OF NAPLES

NAPOLEONIC CAMPAIGNS

ALFRED JOSEPH NAQUET (1834– )

NARAINGANJ, or NARAYANGANJ

SIR JOHN NARBOROUGH (d. 1688)

NARCOTICS (Gr. vapKmnKbs, making numb)

JACOPO NARDI (b. 1476)

SIR GEORGE STRONG NARES (1831– )

NARNI (ane. Umbrian Nequinum, Rom. Narnia)

NARSES (c. 478—573)

NARSEUS NARSEH NARSES

NARTHEX (Gr. vapOr7E, the name of the plant giant=fennel, in Lat. ferula)

NARVA (Rugodiv of Russian annals, also Ivangorod)

PANFILO DE NARVAEZ (c. 148o-1528)

RAMON MARIA NARVAEZ (1800-1868)

FRANCISCO MANOEL DE NASCIMENTO (1734-1819)

RICHARD NASH (1674-1762)

NASHE (or NASH), THOMAS (1567-1601)

JOSEPH NASI (16th century)

NASIR KHOSRAU (Nasiri Khusru)

NASIRABAD, or MYMENSINGH

ALEXANDER NASMYTH (1758-1840)

JAMES NASMYTH (1808-1890)

THOMAS NAST (1840-1902)

NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS

SIR MANGALDAS NATHUBHOY (1832–1890)

NATIONAL ANTHEMS OR HYMNS

NATIONAL WORKSHOPS (Fr. Ateliers Nationaux)

JEAN MARC NATTIER (1685–1766)

NATURAL PROTECTION AGAINST

NAUARCHIA (Gr. vans, ship, &pxii, command)

JOHANN AUGUST NAUCK (1822-1892)

GABRIEL NAUDE (1600-1653)

GEORG AMADEUS CARL FRIEDRICH NAUMANN (1797-1873)

SIR ROBERT NAUNTON (1563–1635)

NAUPACTUS (Ital. Lepanto, mod. Gr. Epakto)

NAUSEA (from Gr. vain, a ship)

NAUTCH (Hindostani nach)

NAVAHO, or NAVAJO

AND MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SPAIN NAVAL OPERATIONS

NAVAL STRATEGY AND

BATTLE OF NAVARINO

NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

JUAN FERNANDEZ NAVARRETE (1526-1579)

MARTIN FERNANDEZ DE NAVARRETE (1765–1844)

PEDRO NAVARRO (c. 1460-1528)

NAVEL (O. Eng. nafela, a word common to Teutonic languages; of. Ger. Nobel, Swed. nafvel; the Sanskrit is nabhila; the English root is also seen in " nave," the hub of a wheel)

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

NAVIGATION LAWS

NAWANAGAR, or JAMNAGAR

NAYLER (or NAYLOR), JAMES (1618-166o)

NAZARENES (Nag'copaiot)

NAZARETH (mod. en-Ndsira)

NAZARIUS (4th century A.D.)

DANIEL NEAL (1678–1743)

DAVID DALHOFF NEAL (1838– )

EDWARD VANSITTART NEALE (1810-1892)

JOHN MASON NEALE (1818–1866)

NEAMTZU (Neamlu)

JOACHIM NEANDER (1650–1680)

JOHANN AUGUST WILHELM NEANDER (1789-1850)

NEATH (Welsh, Casten-Nedd)

NEBO, or NABU (" the proclaimer ")

NEBUCHADREZZAR, or NEBUCHADNEZZAR

NECESSITAS (Gr. 'Avery Ktj )

NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

NECHBET (Nekhbi, Nekhebi)

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

ALEXANDER NECKAM (1157-1217)

JACQUES NECKER (1732—1804)

NECROLOGY (from Med. Lat. necrologium, Gr. vEKpos, corpse, the termination being formed from X ytos, X yeLv to read, in the sense of list, register; cf. " martyrology ")

NECROMANCY (Gr. veKpoµavreia, or veIVoµavrEia, from vEKpos or ViKVS, corpse, and µavreia, divination)

NECROSIS (Gr. vEKpos, corpse)

NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

NEEMUCH, or NIMACH

CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED NEES VON ESENBECK (1776-1858)

FELIX NEFF (1798-1829)

NEGLIGENCE (Lat. negligentia, from negligere, to neglect, literally " not to pick up ")

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT

NEGRI SEMBILAN (the Nine States)

ADA NEGRI (187o– )

NEGRITOS (Span. for " little negroes ")

NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

NEHEMIAH (Heb. for " Yah[weh] comforts ")

NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

RICHARD NEILE (1562—1640)

JAMES GEORGE SMITH NEILL (1810-1857)

ADELAIDE NEILSON (1846—188o)

NEJEF, or MESHED

TEREBRATULIDAE NELLIDAE

VISCOUNT HORATIO NELSON NELSON (1758-1805)

ROBERT NELSON (s656-1715)

NEMERTINA, or NEMERTEANS (Nemerlea)

MARCUS AURELIUS OLYMPIUS NEMESIANUS

NEMESIUS (fl. c. A.D. 390)

NEMORENSIS LACUS (mod. Nerni)

LORDS AND DUKES OF NEMOURS

LOUIS CHARLES PHILIPPE RAPHAEL NEMOURS

MATEYA NENADOVICH (1777—1854.)

NENNIUS (fl. 796)

NEOLITHIC, or LATER STONE AGE (Gr. vEOr, new, and XLOos, stone)

NEOPHYTE (Gr. veb4vros , from aios, new, 4vT6v, a plant, " newly planted ")

NEOPTOLEMUS (also called PYRRxus)

NEOPYTHAGOREANISM

NEPENTHES (Gr. vrl7revOis, sc. Q,&puaeov, a drug that takes away grief, from vrl- privative, and 7rivOos, " grief ")

NEPI (anc. Nepet or Nepete)

NEPOMUK (or Pollux), JOHN OF

CORNELIUS NEPOS (c. 99–24 B.C.)

NEPTUNE (Lat. NEPTUNUS)

NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

NERCHINSK (in full NERCHINSKIY ZAVOD)

NERCHINSK MINING DISTRICT

PHILIP NERI (FILIppo DE) (1515-1595)

MARCUS COCCEIUS NERVA

NERVE (Lat. nervus, Gr. vevpov, a bowstring)

WILLIAM EDEN NESFIELD (1835-1888)

COUNT KARL ROBERT NESSELRODE (178o-I862)

NESTOR (c. 1056-c. 1114)

NESTORIUS (d. c. 451)

VICTOR NESZLER (1841-1890)

OLGA NETHERSOLE (1863- )

GASPAR NETSCHER (1639-1684)

NETTLE (0. Eng. netele, cf. Ger. Nessel)

HENRY NETTLESHIP (1839-1893)

RICHARD LEWIS NETTLESHIP (1846-1892)

NEUCHATEL (Ger. Neuenburg)

LAKE OF NEUCHATEL

NEUHALDENSLEBEN

BARON VON THEODORE STEPHEN NEUHOF (e. 16:90-1756)

FRANZ ERNST NEUMANN (1798-1895)

KARL FRIEDRICH NEUMANN (1793-1870)

MELCHIOR NEUMAYR (1845-1890)

NEURALGIA (Gr. veiipov, nerve, and iXyos, pain)

NEURASTHENIA (Gr. veuupov, nerve, and lur%veta, weakness)

NEURITIS (Gr. veupov, nerve)

NEUROPTERA (Gr. vevpov, a nerve, and ,rmpbv, a wing)

NEUSTADT (Polish, Prudnik)

NEUTITSCHEIN (Czech Navy Jicin)

NEUVE (c. 1235–1313)

ALPHONSE MARIE DE NEUVILLE (1836-1885)

NEVADA (a Spanish word meaning " snow-clad " or " snowy land," originally applied to a snow-capped mountain range on the Pacific slope)

GEORGE NEVILLE (c. 1432-1476)

RALPH NEVILLE (d. 1244)

NEVILLE, or NEVILL

JOHN WILLIAMSON NEVIN (1803-1886)

NEVYANSKIY NEVYANSK

NEW CALEDONIA (Fr. Nouvelle-Caledonie)

NEW GRANADA (Span. Nueva Granada)

NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH

NEW MECKLENBURG (Ger. Neu-Mecklenburg, formerly New Ireland, native Tombara)

NEW PHILADELPHIA

NEW POMERANIA (Ger. Neu-Pommern, formerly New Britain, native Birara)

NEW SIBERIA ARCHIPELAGO

NEW SOUTH WALES

NEW WESTMINSTER

NEW YORK (CITY)

NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)

LORD DAVID LESLIE NEWARK (1601-1682)

JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY (1822-1892)

HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT (1862- )

NEWBURGH, or NEWBURG

DUKES OF NEWCASTLE

SIMON NEWCOMB (1835-1909)

MATTHEW NEWCOMEN (c. 1610-1669)

THOMAS NEWCOMEN (1663-1729)

SIR ROGER NEWDIGATE (1719-1806)

NEWEL (O. Fr. nouel or noel, modern noyau, properly a kernel, from Lat. nux, nut; other foreign equivalents are Ital. albero, Ger. Spindel)

JOHN ALEXANDER REINA NEWLANDS (1838-1898)

FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN (1805-1897)

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN (1801-1890)

WILLIAM NEWMARCH (1820-1882)

NEWPORT PAGNELL

NEWT (a corrupted form from " an evet " or " an effet," a term of Anglo-Saxon origin, still used in many parts of England)