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n 1: the basic unit of money in Nigeria

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NARA n the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections Synonym(s): National Archives and Records Administration, NARA
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narrow adj not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" Antonym(s): broad, wide limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word" lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" Synonym(s): narrow-minded, narrow Antonym(s): broad-minded very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" Antonym(s): wide characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" Synonym(s): minute, narrow n a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water v make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" Synonym(s): narrow, contract Antonym(s): widen define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" Synonym(s): pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history" Synonym(s): specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down Antonym(s): branch out, broaden, diversify become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" Synonym(s): constrict, constringe, narrow
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nary adj (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound"
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Nauru n an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy Synonym(s): Nauru, Republic of Nauru a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands Synonym(s): Nauru, Nauru Island, Pleasant Island
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ne'er adv not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!" Synonym(s): never, ne'er Antonym(s): always, e'er, ever
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near adv near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire" Synonym(s): near, nigh, close (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" Synonym(s): about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh adj not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call" Synonym(s): near, close, nigh Antonym(s): far being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side" Synonym(s): near(a), nigh(a) closely resembling the genuine article; "near beer"; "a dress of near satin" giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" Synonym(s): cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" Synonym(s): dear, good, near very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" Synonym(s): approximate, near v move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" Synonym(s): approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
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Nehru n Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964) Synonym(s): Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru
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Nero n Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68) Synonym(s): Nero, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
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New Year n the calendar year just begun
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Newari n Himalayish language spoken in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal
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NMR n resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field [syn: nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR, proton magnetic resonance]
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noria n a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
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Norway n a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905 Synonym(s): Norway, Kingdom of Norway, Norge, Noreg
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nowhere adv not anywhere; in or at or to no place; "I am going nowhere" n an insignificant place; "he came out of nowhere"
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NRA n a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government Synonym(s): National Rifle Association, NRA
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NRO n an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations Synonym(s): National Reconnaissance Office, NRO
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nare \Nare\, n. [L. naris.] A nostril. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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Narre \Narre\, a. Nearer. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Narrow \Nar"row\, v. i. 1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait. 2. (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows. --Farrier's Dict. 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narrow \Nar"row\, a. [Compar. {Narrower}; superl. {Narrowest}.] [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. --Shak. 2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world. --Bp. Wilkins. 3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority. --Dryden. 4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances. 5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. [bd]A narrow understanding.[b8] --Macaulay. 6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. A very narrow and stinted charity. --Smalridge. 7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. But first with narrow search I must walk round This garden, and no corner leave unspied. --Milton. 8. (Phon.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as [c7] ([c7]ve) and [oomac] (f[oomac]d), etc., from [cc] ([cc]ll) and [oocr] (f[oocr]t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 13. Note: Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words, especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as, narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted, narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed, narrow-leaved, narrow-pointed, narrow-souled, narrow-sphered, etc. {Narrow gauge}. (Railroad) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narrow \Nar"row\, n.; pl. {Narrows}. A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor. Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous narrow. --Gladstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Narrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Narrowing}.] [AS. nearwian.] 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. --Sir W. Temple. 2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I. Watts. 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narwe \Nar"we\, a. Narrow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\, prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under {near}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neared}; p. pr. & vb. n {Nearing}.] [See {Near}, adv.] To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\, v. i. To draw near; to approach. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared. --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\ (n[emac]r), adv. [AS. ne[a0]r, compar. of ne[a0]h nigh. See {Nigh}.] 1. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh. My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me. --Milton. 2. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. [bd]Near twenty years ago.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Near a fortnight ago.[b8] --Addison. Near about the yearly value of the land. --Locke. 3. Closely; intimately. --Shak. {Far and near}, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. {To come near to}, to want but little of; to approximate to. [bd]Such a sum he found would go near to ruin him.[b8] --Addison. {Near the wind} (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\, a. [Compar. {Nearer}; superl. {Nearest}.] [See {Near}, adv.] 1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. [bd]As one near death.[b8] --Shak. He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. --Dryden. 2. Closely connected or related. She is thy father's near kinswoman. --Lev. xviii. 12. 3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend. 4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original. 5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape. 6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See {Off side}, under {Off}, a. 7. Immediate; direct; close; short. [bd]The nearest way.[b8] --Milton. 8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.] Note: Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached'; but more frequently to is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition. The same is also true of the word nigh. Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; dear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neer \Neer\, adv. & a. Nearer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Ne'er \Ne'er\ (? [or] ?), adv. a contraction of {Never}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nerre \Ner"re\, adv. & a. [See {Near}.] Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also {neer}, {ner}.] --Chaucer. {Never the neer}, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neer \Neer\, adv. & a. Nearer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ne'er \Ne'er\ (? [or] ?), adv. a contraction of {Never}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nerre \Ner"re\, adv. & a. [See {Near}.] Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also {neer}, {ner}.] --Chaucer. {Never the neer}, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
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Neer \Neer\, adv. & a. Nearer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Ne'er \Ne'er\ (? [or] ?), adv. a contraction of {Never}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nerre \Ner"re\, adv. & a. [See {Near}.] Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also {neer}, {ner}.] --Chaucer. {Never the neer}, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
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Ner \Ner\, adv. & a. nearer. [Obs.] See {Nerre}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nerre \Ner"re\, adv. & a. [See {Near}.] Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also {neer}, {ner}.] --Chaucer. {Never the neer}, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ner \Ner\, adv. & a. nearer. [Obs.] See {Nerre}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nerre \Ner"re\, adv. & a. [See {Near}.] Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also {neer}, {ner}.] --Chaucer. {Never the neer}, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
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Nere \Nere\ [Contr. fr. ne were.] Were not. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Nero \Ne"ro\, n. A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant. -- {Nero"nian}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nerre \Ner"re\, adv. & a. [See {Near}.] Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also {neer}, {ner}.] --Chaucer. {Never the neer}, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Neuron \[d8]Neu"ron\, n.; pl. {Neura}. [NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve.] (Anat.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon.
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Neuro- \Neu"ro-\ [Gr. [?] nerve.] (Anat.) A combining denoting a nerve, of [or] pertaining to a nerve [or] the nervous system.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
New Year's Day \New" Year's` Day"\ the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to {New year's} or {new year}.
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New \New\, a. [Compar. {Newer}; superl. {Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, gr. [?], Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See {Now}, and cf. {Announce}, {Innovate}, {Neophyte}, {Novel}.] 1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to {old}, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. [bd]Your new wife.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes. 3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction. 4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man. Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. --Bacon. 5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous. --Addison. 6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed. New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope. 7. Fresh from anything; newly come. New from her sickness to that northern air. --Dryden. {New birth}. See under {Birth}. {New Church}, [or] {New Jerusalem Church}, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See {Swedenborgian}. {New heart} (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives. {New land}, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time. {New light}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Crappie}. {New moon}. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible. (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. --2 Kings iv. 23. {New Red Sandstone} (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See {Sandstone}. {New style}. See {Style}. {New testament}. See under {Testament}. {New world}, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times. Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See {Novel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
New-year \New"-year`\, a. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.
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Chiffonier \Chif`fo*nier"\, fem. Chiffo \Chif`fo\-ni8are \ni[8a]re"\, n. [F. chiffonnier, fem. chiffonni[8a]re, fr. chiffon rag, fr. chiffe a rag, flimsy cloth.] 1. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. 2. A receptacle for rags or shreds. 3. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noier \Noi"er\, n. An annoyer. [Obs.] --Tusser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nor \Nor\, conj. [OE. nor, contr. from nother. See {Neither}.] A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor. Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9, 10. Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 20. I love him not, nor fear him. --Shak. Where neither party is nor true, nor kind. --Shak. Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noria \No"ri*a\, n. [Sp., from Ar. n[be]'[?]ra.] A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.
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Norie \No"rie\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) The cormorant. [Prov. Eng.]
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Norroy \Nor"roy\, n. [Lit., north king, fr. F. nord north + roi king.] (Her.) The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See {King-at-arms}, under {King}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nowhere \No"where`\, adv. [AS. n[be]hw[d6]r. See {No}, and {Where}.] Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.
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Noyer \Noy"er\, n. An annoyer. [Obs.] --Tusser.
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Nur \Nur\, n. [Cf. {Knur}.] A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey. I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather. --W. Howitt.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
New Era, MI (village, FIPS 57280) Location: 43.55952 N, 86.34691 W Population (1990): 520 (182 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49446
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Newry, ME Zip code(s): 04261 Newry, PA (borough, FIPS 54024) Location: 40.39315 N, 78.43535 W Population (1990): 288 (129 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nora, IL (village, FIPS 53195) Location: 42.45728 N, 89.94455 W Population (1990): 162 (68 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Nora, IN Zip code(s): 46240, 46260, 46280, 46290 Nora, NE (village, FIPS 34545) Location: 40.16378 N, 97.97363 W Population (1990): 24 (11 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68961 Nora, VA Zip code(s): 24272
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Norway, IA (city, FIPS 57720) Location: 41.90279 N, 91.92194 W Population (1990): 583 (229 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52318 Norway, KS Zip code(s): 66961 Norway, ME (CDP, FIPS 53965) Location: 44.21350 N, 70.55018 W Population (1990): 3023 (1373 housing units) Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04268 Norway, MI (city, FIPS 59220) Location: 45.80260 N, 87.91465 W Population (1990): 2910 (1311 housing units) Area: 22.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49870 Norway, SC (town, FIPS 51550) Location: 33.44959 N, 81.12683 W Population (1990): 401 (149 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29113
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NOR Not OR. The {Boolean} function which is true if none of its inputs are true and false otherwise, the {logical complement} of {inclusive OR}. The binary (two-input) NOR function can be defined (written as an {infix} operator): A NOR B = NOT (A OR B) = (NOT A) AND (NOT B) Its {truth table} is: A \| B \| A NOR B --+---+--------- F \| F \| T F \| T \| F T \| F \| F T \| T \| F NOR, like {NAND}, forms a complete set of {Boolean} functions on its own since it can be used to make NOT, AND, OR and any other Boolean function: NOT A = A NOR A A OR B = NOT (A NOR B) A AND B = (NOT A) NOR (NOT B) (1995-02-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nr The {country code} for Nauru. (1999-01-27)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Naarah a girl, the second of Ashur's two wives, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:5, 6).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Naarai youthful, a military chief in David's army (1 Chr. 11:37), called also Paarai (2 Sam. 23:35).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Naharai snorer, a Berothite, one of David's heroes, and armour-bearer of Joab (1 Chr. 11:39).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nahor snorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran (Gen. 11:27-32). A correspondence was maintained between the family of Abraham in Canaan and the relatives in the old ancestral home at Haran till the time of Jacob. When Jacob fled from Haran all intercourse between the two branches of the family came to an end (Gen. 31:55). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac's wife (24:67).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ner light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be read, "Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel." And hence this Kish and Ner were brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (comp. 1 Chr. 9:36).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nero occurs only in the superscription (which is probably spurious, and is altogether omitted in the R.V.) to the Second Epistle to Timothy. He became emperor of Rome when he was about seventeen years of age (A.D. 54), and soon began to exhibit the character of a cruel tyrant and heathen debauchee. In May A.D. 64, a terrible conflagration broke out in Rome, which raged for six days and seven nights, and totally destroyed a great part of the city. The guilt of this fire was attached to him at the time, and the general verdict of history accuses him of the crime. "Hence, to suppress the rumour," says Tacitus (Annals, xv. 44), "he falsely charged with the guilt, and punished with the most exquisite tortures, the persons commonly called Christians, who are hated for their enormities. Christus, the founder of that name, was put to death as a criminal by Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea, in the reign of Tiberius; but the pernicious superstition, repressed for a time, broke out again, not only throughout Judea, where the mischief originated, but through the city of Rome also, whither all things horrible and disgraceful flow, from all quarters, as to a common receptacle, and where they are encouraged. Accordingly, first three were seized, who confessed they were Christians. Next, on their information, a vast multitude were convicted, not so much on the charge of burning the city as of hating the human race. And in their deaths they were also made the subjects of sport; for they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses, or set fire to, and, when day declined, burned to serve for nocturnal lights. Nero offered his own gardens for that spectacle, and exhibited a Circensian game, indiscriminately mingling with the common people in the habit of a charioteer, or else standing in his chariot; whence a feeling of compassion arose toward the sufferers, though guilty and deserving to be made examples of by capital punishment, because they seemed not to be cut off for the public good, but victims to the ferocity of one man." Another Roman historian, Suetonius (Nero, xvi.), says of him: "He likewise inflicted punishments on the Christians, a sort of people who hold a new and impious superstition" (Forbes's Footsteps of St. Paul, p. 60). Nero was the emperor before whom Paul was brought on his first imprisonment at Rome, and the apostle is supposed to have suffered martyrdom during this persecution. He is repeatedly alluded to in Scripture (Acts 25:11; Phil. 1:12, 13; 4:22). He died A.D. 68.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Naarah, Naarai, young person
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Naharai, my nostrils; hot; anger
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nahor, hoarse; dry; hot
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Neariah, child of the Lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ner, a lamp; new-tilled land
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Neri, my light
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Neriah, light; lamp of the Lord
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Nauru Nauru:Geography Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 21 sq km land area: 21 sq km comparative area: about one-tenth the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 30 km Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; monsoonal; rainy season (November to February) Terrain: sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center Natural resources: phosphates Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater; phosphate mining threatens limited remaining land resources natural hazards: periodic droughts international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Marine Dumping; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea Note: Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator Nauru:People Population: 10,149 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA Population growth rate: 1.33% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 18.03 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 5.1 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 40.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 66.68 years male: 64.3 years female: 69.18 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.08 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Nauruan(s) adjective: Nauruan Ethnic divisions: Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%, European 8% Religions: Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic) Languages: Nauruan (official; a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes Literacy: NA% Labor force: by occupation: NA Nauru:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Nauru conventional short form: Nauru former: Pleasant Island Digraph: NR Type: republic Capital: no official capital; government offices in Yaren District Administrative divisions: 14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baiti, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren Independence: 31 January 1968 (from the Australia, New Zealand, and UK-administered UN trusteeship) National holiday: Independence Day, 31 January (1968) Constitution: 29 January 1968 Legal system: own Acts of Parliament and British common law Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal and compulsory Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: President Bernard DOWIYOGO (since 12 December 1989); election last held 19 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1995); results - Bernard DOWIYOGO elected by Parliament cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president from the parliament Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament: elections last held on 14 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1995); results - percent of vote NA; seats - (18 total) independents 18 Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: none Member of: AsDB, C (special), ESCAP, ICAO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, ITU, SPARTECA, SPC, SPF, UPU Diplomatic representation in US: consulate(s): Agana (Guam) US diplomatic representation: the US Ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Nauru Flag: blue with a narrow, horizontal, yellow stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side; the star indicates the country's location in relation to the Equator (the yellow stripe) and the 12 points symbolize the 12 original tribes of Nauru Economy Overview: Revenues come from the export of phosphates, the reserves of which are expected to be exhausted by the year 2000. Phosphates have given Nauruans one of the highest per capita incomes in the Third World. Few other resources exist, so most necessities must be imported, including fresh water from Australia. The rehabilitation of mined land and the replacement of income from phosphates are serious long-term problems. Substantial amounts of phosphate income are invested in trust funds to help cushion the transition. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $100 million (1993 est.) National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $10,000 (1993 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Unemployment rate: 0% Budget: revenues: $69.7 million expenditures: $51.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1986 est.) Exports: $93 million (f.o.b., 1984) commodities: phosphates partners: Australia, NZ Imports: $73 million (c.i.f., 1984) commodities: food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery partners: Australia, UK, NZ, Japan External debt: $33.3 million Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 14,000 kW production: 30 million kWh consumption per capita: 3,036 kWh (1993) Industries: phosphate mining, financial services, coconut products Agriculture: coconuts; other agricultural activity negligible; almost completely dependent on imports for food and water Economic aid: recipient: Western (non-US) countries (1970-89), $2 million Currency: 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.3058 (January 1995), 1.3667 (1994), 1.4704 (1993), 1.3600 (1992), 1.2834 (1991), 1.2799 (1990) Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June Nauru:Transportation Railroads: total: 3.9 km; note - used to haul phosphates from the center of the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast Highways: total: 27 km paved: 21 km unpaved: improved earth 6 km Ports: Nauru Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 Nauru:Communications Telephone system: 1,600 telephones; adequate local and international radio communications provided via Australian facilities local: NA intercity: NA international: 1 INTELSAT (Pacific Ocean) earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: 4,000 Television: broadcast stations: 0 televisions: NA Nauru:Defense Forces Branches: no regular armed forces; Directorate of the Nauru Police Force Defense expenditures: $NA; note - no formal defense structure
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Norway Norway:Geography Location: Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden Map references: Europe Area: total area: 324,220 sq km land area: 307,860 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than New Mexico Land boundaries: total 2,515 km, Finland 729 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 167 km Coastline: 21,925 km (includes mainland 3,419 km, large islands 2,413 km, long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 16,093 km) Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 10 nm continental shelf: 200 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 4 nm International disputes: territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land); maritime boundary dispute with Russia over portion of Barents Sea Climate: temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior; rainy year-round on west coast Terrain: glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north Natural resources: petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower Land use: arable land: 3% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 27% other: 70% Irrigated land: 950 sq km (1989) Environment: current issues: water pollution; acid rain damaging forests and adversely affecting lakes, threatening fish stocks; air pollution from vehicle emissions natural hazards: NA international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Tropical Timber 94 Note: about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much indented coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of most rugged and longest coastlines in world; Norway and Turkey only NATO members having a land boundary with Russia Norway:People Population: 4,330,951 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 19% (female 390,344; male 444,570) 15-64 years: 65% (female 1,375,493; male 1,424,027) 65 years and over: 16% (female 408,675; male 287,842) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.37% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.86 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 10.35 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.61 years male: 74.26 years female: 81.15 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Norwegian(s) adjective: Norwegian Ethnic divisions: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic), Lapps (Sami) 20,000 Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 87.8% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980) Languages: Norwegian (official) note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.) total population: 99% Labor force: 2.13 million by occupation: services 71%, industry 23%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6% (1992) Norway:Government Names: conventional long form: Kingdom of Norway conventional short form: Norway local long form: Kongeriket Norge local short form: Norge Digraph: NO Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Oslo Administrative divisions: 19 provinces (fylker, singular - fylke); Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud, Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, More og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trondelag, Oppland, Oslo, Ostfold, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Sor-Trondelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold Dependent areas: Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard Independence: 26 October 1905 (from Sweden) National holiday: Constitution Day, 17 May (1814) Constitution: 17 May 1814, modified in 1884 Legal system: mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common law traditions; Supreme Court renders advisory opinions to legislature when asked; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: King HARALD V (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent Crown Prince HAAKON MAGNUS (born 20 July 1973) head of government: Prime Minister Gro Harlem BRUNDTLAND (since 3 November 1990) cabinet: State Council; appointed by the king in accordance with the will of the Storting Legislative branch: modified unicameral Parliament (Storting) which, for certain purposes, divides itself into two chambers Storting: elections last held 13 September 1993 (next to be held September 1997); results - Labor 37.1%, Center Party 18.5%, Conservatives 15.6%, Christian People's 8.4%, Socialist Left 7.9%, Progress 6%, Left Party 3.6%, Red Electoral Alliance 1.2%; seats - (165 total) Labor 67, Center Party 32, Consevatives 18, Christian People's 13, Socialist Left 13, Progress 10, Left Party 1, Red Electoral Alliance 1, unawarded 10 note: for certain purposes, the Storting divides itself into two chambers and elects one-fourth of its membership to an upper house or Lagting Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Hoyesterett) Political parties and leaders: Labor Party, Thorbjorn JAGLUND; Conservative Party, Jan PETERSEN; Center Party, Anne ENGER LAHNSTEIN; Christian People's Party, Kjell Magne BONDEVIK; Socialist Left, Kjellbjorg LUNDE; Norwegian Communist, Kare Andre NILSEN; Progress Party, Carl I. HAGEN; Liberal, Odd Einar DORUM; Left Party; Red Electoral Alliance, Erling FOLKVORD Member of: AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CCC, CE, CERN, EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OECD, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMOGIP, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UNTSO, UPU, WEU (associate), WHO, WIPO, WMO, ZC Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Kjeld VIBE chancery: 2720 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 333-6000 FAX: [1] (202) 337-0870 consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and San Francisco consulate(s): Miami US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas A. LOFTUS embassy: Drammensveien 18, 0244 Oslo mailing address: PSC 69, Box 1000, APO AE 09707 telephone: [47] 22 44 85 50 FAX: [47] 22 44 33 63 Flag: red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) Economy Overview: Norway has a mixed economy involving a combination of free market activity and government intervention. The government controls key areas, such as the vital petroleum sector (through large-scale state enterprises) and extensively subsidizes agriculture, fishing, and areas with sparse resources. Norway also maintains an extensive welfare system that helps propel public sector expenditures to slightly more than 50% of the GDP and results in one of the highest average tax burdens in the world (54%). A small country with a high dependence on international trade, Norway is basically an exporter of raw materials and semiprocessed goods, with an abundance of small- and medium-sized firms, and is ranked among the major shipping nations. The country is richly endowed with natural resources - petroleum, hydropower, fish, forests, and minerals - and is highly dependent on its oil sector to keep its economy afloat. Norway imports more than half its food needs. Although one of the government's main priorities is to reduce this dependency, this situation is not likely to improve for years to come. The government also hopes to reduce unemployment and strengthen and diversify the economy through tax reform and a series of expansionary budgets. The budget deficit is expected to hit a record 8% of GDP because of welfare spending and bail-outs of the banking system. Unemployment is currently running at 8.4% - including those in job programs - because of the weakness of the economy outside the oil sector. Economic growth, only 1.6% in 1993, moved up to 5.5% in 1994. Oslo opted to stay out of the EU during a referendum in November 1994. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $95.7 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 5.5% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $22,170 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 8.4% (including people in job-training programs; 1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $50.9 billion expenditures: $55.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1994 est.) Exports: $36.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994) commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 40%, metals and products 10.6%, fish and fish products 6.9%, chemicals 6.4%, natural gas 6.0%, ships 5.4% partners: EC 66.3%, Nordic countries 16.3%, developing countries 8.4%, US 6.0%, Japan 1.8% (1993) Imports: $29.3 billion (c.i.f., 1994) commodities: machinery and equipment 38.9%, chemicals and other industrial inputs 26.6%, manufactured consumer goods 17.8%, foodstuffs 6.4% partners: EC 48.6%, Nordic countries 25.1%, developing countries 9.6%, US 8.1%, Japan 8.0% (1993) External debt: $NA Industrial production: growth rate 4.6% (1994); accounts for 14% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 27,280,000 kW production: 118 billion kWh consumption per capita: 23,735 kWh (1993) Industries: petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing Agriculture: accounts for 3% of GDP and about 6% of labor force; among world's top 10 fishing nations; livestock output exceeds value of crops; fish catch of 1.76 million metric tons in 1989 Illicit drugs: transshipment point for drugs shipped via the CIS and Baltic states for the European market Economic aid: donor: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $4.4 billion Currency: 1 Norwegian krone (NKr) = 100 oere Exchange rates: Norwegian kroner (NKr) per US$1 - 6.7014 (January 1995), 7.0469 (1994), 7.0941 (1993), 6.2145 (1992), 6.4829 (1991), 6.2597 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Norway:Transportation Railroads: total: 4,026 km standard gauge: 4,026 km 1.435-m gauge (2,422 km electrified; 96 km double track) (1994) Highways: total: 88,922 km paved: 61,356 km (75 km of expressway) unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, earth 27,566 km (1990) Inland waterways: 1,577 km along west coast; 2.4 m draft vessels maximum Pipelines: refined products 53 km Ports: Bergen, Drammen, Flora, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger, Tromso, Trondheim Merchant marine: total: 764 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,793,968 GRT/35,409,472 DWT ships by type: bulk 159, cargo 92, chemical tanker 85, combination bulk 8, combination ore/oil 28, container 17, liquefied gas tanker 81, oil tanker 162, passenger 13, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll-on/roll-off cargo 54, short-sea passenger 21, vehicle carrier 28 note: the government has created a captive register, the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians Airports: total: 104 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10 with paved runways under 914 m: 62 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 6 Norway:Communications Telephone system: 3,102,000 telephones; high-quality domestic and international telephone, telegraph, and telex services local: NA intercity: domestic earth stations international: 2 buried coaxial cable systems; 4 coaxial submarine cables; EUTELSAT, INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean), and MARISAT earth stations Radio: broadcast stations: AM 46, FM 493 (350 private and 143 government), shortwave 0 radios: 3.3 million Television: broadcast stations: 54 (repeaters 2,100) televisions: 1.5 million Norway:Defense Forces Branches: Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Home Guard Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,116,130; males fit for military service 928,774; males reach military age (20) annually 29,123 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $3.4 billion, 3.2% of GDP (1994)