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Nagwamatse, Umaru (from the article "Kontagora") town and traditional emirate, northwestern Niger state, western Nigeria, on the south bank of the ... Nagy, Ferenc statesman who in his brief post-World War II term as premier tried to bring democracy ... Nagy, Imre Hungarian statesman, independent Communist, and premier of the 1956 revolutionary government whose attempt to establish ... [4 Related Articles] Nagy, Ivan Hungarian ballet dancer who lived in the United States from 1965. Nagykanizsa city of county status, Zala megye (county), southwestern Hungary. On the Principalis-csatorna (canal) connecting the ... Nagykunsag (from the article "Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok") ...crosses the Jaszsag, a marginal depression of the Alfold, which extends into Pest county and ... Nagyvarad, Treaty of (from the article "Hungary") By a secret agreement-the Treaty of Nagyvarad, mediated in 1538 by John's adviser, Gyorgy Martinuzzi ... Nagyvazsony (from the article "Veszprem") ...city was home to Queen Gizella, the wife of Stephen I, and the castle there ... Naha city and capital, Okinawa ken (prefecture), Japan. It lies on southwestern Okinawa Island, which is ... Nahan city, southern Himachal Pradesh state, northwestern India. It lies south-southeast of Simla, the state capital, ... [1 Related Articles] Nahant town (township), Essex county, northeastern Massachusetts, U.S. Lying just northeast of Boston and adjacent to ... Nahapana (from the article "India") ...and Shodasa. Ultimately the Shakas settled in western India and Malava and came into conflict ... Nahariyya city, northwestern Israel. It lies on the Mediterranean coast halfway between 'Akko (Acre) and the ... Nahavand (from the article "Murad III") ...He took Fez (now Fes, Mor.) from the Portuguese in 1578. He fought an exhausting ... Nahavand, Battle of (AD 642), military clash in Iran between Arab and Sasanian forces that was a major ... 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