R.K. Narayan was one of the finest authors of Indian writing in English. His stories often explore themes such as the clash between tradition and modernity, individual freedom, and the dynamics of Indian family life. His style is marked by genial humor, gentle irony, and simplicity. Hand in hand

Narmada River, major river in central India flowing westward through Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra states. The Narmada basin covers 38,145 square miles (98,796 square km) and includes a portion of Chhattisgarh state. The waterway is fed by 41 tributaries. It has long been an important

Narbonensis, ancient Roman province that lay between the Alps, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Cévennes Mountains. It comprised what is now southeastern France. The area first entered ancient history when the Greek colony of Massilia (modern Marseille) was founded about 600 bce. Roman armies first

Judaism: Averroists: Moses of Narbonne, or Moses Narboni, like many other Jewish scholars of the 14th century, wrote mainly commentaries, including those on biblical books, on treatises of Averroës, and on Maimonides’ Guide. In his commentary on the Guide, Narboni often interprets the earlier philosopher’s opinions by…

Narbonne, town, Aude département, Occitanie région, southern France. It lies on a vine-growing plain 8 miles (13 km) from the Mediterranean, east of Carcassonne. Narbonne was the site of Narbo Martius (Narbo), the first colony founded by the Romans in Gaul (118 bce), from which the town derived its

Germaine de Staël: Political views: …had been the mistress of Louis de Narbonne, one of Louis XVI’s last ministers. He took refuge in England in 1792, where she joined him in 1793. She stayed at Juniper Hall, near Mickleham in Surrey, a mansion that had been rented since 1792 by French émigrés. There she met…

Fernandina Island, one of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles (965 km) west of Ecuador. Third largest of the islands, with an area of 245 sq miles (635 sq km), it is separated from Isabela Island by the Bolívar Strait. Its relief is dominated by a single

Kenya: Kenya under Kibaki: …coalition of opposition groups (the National Rainbow Coalition [NARC]), soundly defeated Kenyatta in the 2002 presidential elections, thus ending KANU’s long period of uninterrupted rule.

naloxone, drug used to relieve potentially fatal respiratory depression caused by opioid overdose. Naloxone is used worldwide in medical emergencies involving opioid overdose and is often lifesaving, especially when given promptly upon suspected overdose. The drug is marketed under various names,

Khosrow II: Expansion of the empire: …encouraged by the fact that Narces, who had commanded the Byzantine force that established Khosrow on the throne, refused to recognize Phocas, Khosrow’s armies invaded Armenia and Mesopotamia. The Byzantine forces in Mesopotamia were weak, and the towns of Dara, Amida, and Edessa soon fell (604). Crossing the Euphrates, Khosrow…

narcissism, pathological self-absorption, first identified as a mental disorder by the British essayist and physician Havelock Ellis in 1898. Narcissism is characterized by an inflated self-image and addiction to fantasy, by an unusual coolness and composure shaken only when the narcissistic

number game: Number patterns and curiosities: Thus, narcissistic numbers are numbers that can be represented by some kind of mathematical manipulation of their digits. A whole number, or integer, that is the sum of the nth powers of its digits (e.g., 153 = 13 + 53 + 33) is called a perfect…

narcissism, pathological self-absorption, first identified as a mental disorder by the British essayist and physician Havelock Ellis in 1898. Narcissism is characterized by an inflated self-image and addiction to fantasy, by an unusual coolness and composure shaken only when the narcissistic

narcissism: Definition and assessment: …self-report questionnaires such as the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), the most widely used such scale, which can also be used to assess narcissistic personality disorder. The NPI presents respondents with a set of forced-choice items in which they must decide which of two statements is most descriptive of them. For…

narcissism: Definition and assessment: …narcissism that is termed the narcissistic personality type. Such individuals possess most or all of the characteristics of the narcissistic personality disorder but are considered within the normal range of personality.

narcissus, (genus Narcissus), genus of about 40 species of bulbous, often fragrant, plants in the amaryllis family. The genus is native primarily to Europe and includes a number of popular garden ornamentals and cut flowers. The bulbs of Narcissus species, which are poisonous, were once used in

Narcissus, oil painting by Caravaggio (byname of Michelangelo Merisi) created between 1597 and 1599. It belongs to the early part of Caravaggio’s career, and comparatively little is known about his work at this stage. Indeed, some critics have even questioned whether this painting is actually by

Narcissus, in Greek mythology, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was distinguished for his beauty. According to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book III, Narcissus’s mother was told by the blind seer Tiresias that he would have a long life, provided he never recognized himself.

Narcissus was a freedman who used his position as correspondence secretary (ab epistulis) to the Roman emperor Claudius (ruled 41–54) to become, in effect, a minister of state. Narcissus exercised great influence over Claudius and amassed the enormous personal fortune of 400 million sesterces. In

André Gide: Symbolist period: His works “Narcissus” (1891), Le Voyage d’Urien (1893; Urien’s Voyage), and “The Lovers’ Attempt” (1893) belong to this period.

Samuel Butler: …for the Piano (1885), and Narcissus, a comic cantata in the style of Handel—whom he rated high above all other composers—in 1888; Ulysses: An Oratorio appeared in 1904. It was typical of Butler to use his native gifts and mother wit in such exploits, and even in literature, his rightful…

narcissus, (genus Narcissus), genus of about 40 species of bulbous, often fragrant, plants in the amaryllis family. The genus is native primarily to Europe and includes a number of popular garden ornamentals and cut flowers. The bulbs of Narcissus species, which are poisonous, were once used in

Hermann Hesse: In Narziss und Goldmund (1930; Narcissus and Goldmund), an intellectual ascetic who is content with established religious faith is contrasted with an artistic sensualist pursuing his own form of salvation. Hesse’s last and longest novel, Das Glasperlenspiel (1943; English titles The Glass Bead Game and Magister Ludi), is set in…

Gábor Bódy: …Bódy completed his avant-garde masterpiece, Nárcisz és Psyché (“Narcissus and Psyche”). Based on Hungarian poet Sándor Weöres’s Psyché (1972), an anthology of letters and poems by a fictional 19th-century female poet, the film is full of surrealistic elements, philosophical allusions, and visual experimentation, spanning centuries and shot in a number…

jonquil, (Narcissus jonquilla), bulbous herb of the amaryllis family, commonly grown as a garden flower. Jonquils are native to the Mediterranean region and are cultivated in similar climates around the world. The attractive flowers are fragrant and produce an oil used in perfumes. Jonquils are

Eusebius of Caesarea: …allies, Theodotus of Laodicea and Narcissus of Neronias in Cilicia, were provisionally excommunicated for Arian views. When the Council of Nicaea, called by the Roman emperor Constantine I, met later in the year, Eusebius had to explain himself and was exonerated with the explicit approval of the emperor.

narcissus: Major species: jonquilla), and poet’s narcissus (N. poeticus). An oil from jonquil flowers is used in perfumes.

daffodil, (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), bulb-forming plant in the amaryllis family, widely cultivated for its showy, trumpetlike flowers, which emerge in the spring. Daffodils are native to northern Europe and are grown in temperate climates around the world. The daffodil’s popularity has resulted

Gábor Bódy: …Bódy completed his avant-garde masterpiece, Nárcisz és Psyché (“Narcissus and Psyche”). Based on Hungarian poet Sándor Weöres’s Psyché (1972), an anthology of letters and poems by a fictional 19th-century female poet, the film is full of surrealistic elements, philosophical allusions, and visual experimentation, spanning centuries and shot in a number…

drug cartel: Narco-terrorists: The end of the Cold War and a new focus on terrorism altered the terminology of the drug war. The narco-terrorist organization emerged as a new threat, defined as an organized group that participated in drug trafficking in order to fund politically motivated terrorist…

narcolepsy, long-term neurological condition in which the brain struggles to properly control the boundaries between sleeping and waking, resulting in overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden, irresistible episodes of sleep. The syndrome usually occurs in youth or early adult life. The

cnidarian: Annotated classification: Suborder Narcomedusae Scalloped margin; gonads on stomach walls. Manubrium lacking. Suborder Trachymedusae Smooth bell margin; gonads on radial canals arising from the stomach. Polyp and asexual reproduction absent. Class Scyphozoa

Wagner Moura: International breakthrough: Narcos: …first two seasons of Netflix’s Narcos, which were executive produced by Tropa de Élite director Padilha. A native Portuguese speaker, Moura did not know Spanish when he was cast, so six months before production began he moved to Medellín to take classes. He also read deeply about Escobar and the…

narcotic, drug that produces analgesia (pain relief), narcosis (state of stupor or sleep), and addiction (physical dependence on the drug). In some people narcotics also produce euphoria (a feeling of great elation). In the United States, narcotics are regulated under the Controlled Substances Act,

narcotic, drug that produces analgesia (pain relief), narcosis (state of stupor or sleep), and addiction (physical dependence on the drug). In some people narcotics also produce euphoria (a feeling of great elation). In the United States, narcotics are regulated under the Controlled Substances Act,

narcotic: Treatment for addiction: Substances known as narcotic antagonists block the actions of the narcotics and reverse their effects; at narcotic receptors in the brain, narcotics act to produce their many effects, whereas narcotic antagonists block these receptors and prevent narcotics from reaching them and exerting their actions. Examples of narcotic antagonists…

United Nations: Control of narcotics: The Commission on Narcotic Drugs was authorized by the General Assembly in 1946 to assume the functions of the League of Nations Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs. In addition to reestablishing the pre-World War II system of narcotics control, which had…

drug use: Therapy for opiate addiction: Narcotic maintenance, which gives the addict the drug, is the system employed in the management of opiate dependence in some institutions. Methadone treatment is a drug-substitution therapy that replaces opiate addiction with methadone addiction in order that the addict might become a socially useful citizen.…

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), international community-based association that offers support for persons who are recovering from drug addiction. The main purpose of Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is to help individuals cease drug use and make a new life for themselves. NA is based on the Twelve Steps and

Robert Nardelli is an American businessman who served as CEO of Home Depot (2000–07) and Chrysler (2007–09). (Read Lee Iacocca’s Britannica entry on Chrysler.) Nardelli served in the Reserve Officers Training Corp while earning a B.S. (1971) in business. After graduation he joined General Electric

Robert Nardelli is an American businessman who served as CEO of Home Depot (2000–07) and Chrysler (2007–09). (Read Lee Iacocca’s Britannica entry on Chrysler.) Nardelli served in the Reserve Officers Training Corp while earning a B.S. (1971) in business. After graduation he joined General Electric

Jacopo Nardi was a Florentine statesman and historian who wrote a history of Florence that sharply criticized the ruling Medici family. Nardi was born to a family that was long hostile to the Medici. He followed a military career until the expulsion of the Medici in 1494; he then served in several

antidepressant: For instance, the MAOIs—chiefly isocarboxazid, phenelzine, and tranylcypromine—in general are used only after treatment with tricyclic drugs has proved unsatisfactory, because these drugs’ side effects are unpredictable and their complex interactions are incompletely understood. Fluoxetine often relieves cases of depression that have failed to yield to tricyclics or MAOIs.

Pietro Nardini was an Italian violinist and composer, one of the most eminent violinists of the 18th century. The most famous pupil of the composer and virtuoso violinist Giuseppe Tartini, Nardini was solo violinist at the court at Stuttgart from 1753 to 1767. He then returned to Livorno and lived

Nardò, town, Puglia (Apulia) regione, southeastern Italy, southwest of Lecce city. Originally the Roman city of Neretum, Nardò was both Byzantine and Norman; it has a 13th–14th-century cathedral in the Gothic style and an unusual circular chapel called the Osanna, dating from 1603. Examples of

Andrea Orcagna: …which included three younger brothers: Nardo (died 1365/66), Matteo, and Jacopo (died after 1398) di Cione. He matriculated in the Arte dei Medici e degli Speziali in 1343–44 and was admitted to the guild of stonemasons in 1352. In 1354 he contracted to paint an altarpiece for the Strozzi Chapel…

spikenard, (Nardostachys jatamansi), perennial herb (family Caprifoliaceae) of the Himalayas and its fragrant essential oil. The plant and its oil have been used since ancient times in traditional medicines, and the oil, derived from its woody rhizomes, is used as a perfume and in religious

spikenard, (Nardostachys jatamansi), perennial herb (family Caprifoliaceae) of the Himalayas and its fragrant essential oil. The plant and its oil have been used since ancient times in traditional medicines, and the oil, derived from its woody rhizomes, is used as a perfume and in religious

St. Gregory of Narek ; feast day February 27) was a Christian poet and theologian who is generally considered the first great Armenian poet and the principal literary figure in Armenia during the 10th century. He was renowned for his mystical poems and hymns, biblical commentaries, and sacred

Challenger Expedition: …commanded by Captain (later Sir) George Strong Nares, while Sir C. Wyville Thomson supervised the scientific staff. The expedition gathered observations from 362 stations and made 492 deep soundings and 133 dredgings. Among the results of the Challenger Expedition were determinations of oceanic temperature, ocean currents, and the depths and…

Naresuan was the king of Siam (1590–1605), regarded as a national hero by the Thai people for having liberated the country from the Myanmar (Burmese). In 1569 the Myanmar king Bayinnaung (reigned 1551–81) conquered Siam and placed Naresuan’s father, Maha Thammaracha, on the throne as his vassal.

Narew River, east-bank tributary of the Vistula River that rises in western Belarus and flows into eastern Poland. The Narew River is 272 miles (438 km) long and drains an area of more than 10,800 square miles (28,000 square km). It rises in the Belovezhskaya Forest in western Belarus and flows

hookah, apparatus used to heat and vaporize tobacco for inhalation. The word hookah is derived from the Hindustani huqqa and the Arabic huqqah, meaning “vase” or “vessel.” The practice of smoking tobacco from a hookah likely originated in India or the Middle East. Today it is used worldwide and is

Raj Kapoor: R.K. Films: Aag, costarring actress Nargis, was well received by critics but was not a commercial success. The production house’s first hit film was Barsaat (1949; “Rain”). A still from the film of Kapoor holding Nargis in his arms was adopted as the studio’s official logo and remains instantly recognizable…

Myanmar: Myanmar since 1988: …3–4 a powerful cyclone (Nargis) struck the Irrawaddy delta region of south-central Myanmar, obliterating villages and killing some 138,000 people (the total including tens of thousands listed as missing and presumed dead). The government’s failure to provide relief quickly at the outset of the disaster and its unwillingness to…

Scotch egg: …dish evolved from northern India’s nargisi kofta (an egg covered in minced meat and served with curry), which returning soldiers and others introduced to England. A third story claims that it was invented by Scottish farmers as an inexpensive dish.

Naryan-Mar, inland port and capital of the Nenets autonomous okrug (district), Arkhangelsk oblast (region), northeastern European Russia. It lies on the Pechora River 68 miles (110 km) from its mouth on the Arctic Ocean. Building commenced in the early 1930s in connection with the development of

jewelry: Central and South American: pre-Columbian: …personages and warriors was the nariguera, a gold ornament that was hooked to the nostrils and might be in the shape of a simple ring, a laminated disk, or an upside-down fan decorated with pierced work. The elite also wore pendants depicting gods or animals.

Nariño, departamento, southwestern Colombia, bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west and Ecuador on the south. Its population is concentrated principally in the volcanic Andean highlands above 5,000 feet (1,500 m). The densely settled Altiplano (high plateau) of Túquerres-Ipiales, which is

Nariokotome, site in northern Kenya known for the 1984 discovery of a nearly complete skeleton of African Homo erectus (also called H. ergaster) dating to approximately 1.5 million years ago. The skeleton, known as KNM-WT 15000 to paleoanthropologists, is also called “Turkana Boy.” It is

Narita, city, Chiba ken, central Honshu, Japan. It is located approximately 30 miles (50 km) east of Tokyo, on the Ryoso Plateau. Originally an agricultural region producing rice, peanuts (groundnuts), sweet potatoes, and other vegetables, Narita developed as a temple town of the Shinshō Temple,

Närke, landskap (province) lying mostly in the administrative län (county) of Örebro, south-central Sweden. It lies between the traditional landskap (provinces) of Västmanland on the north, Södermanland on the east, Östergötland on the southeast, Västergötland on the southwest, and Värmland on the

Medha Patkar: …which in 1989 became the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA; Save the Narmada). The NBA’s major aim was to provide project information and legal representation to the concerned residents of the Narmada valley.

Medha Patkar: …which in 1989 became the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA; Save the Narmada). The NBA’s major aim was to provide project information and legal representation to the concerned residents of the Narmada valley.

Narmada River, major river in central India flowing westward through Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra states. The Narmada basin covers 38,145 square miles (98,796 square km) and includes a portion of Chhattisgarh state. The waterway is fed by 41 tributaries. It has long been an important

Medha Patkar: …with people displaced by the Narmada Valley Development Project (NVDP), a large-scale plan to dam the Narmada River and its tributaries in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. An advocate of human rights, Patkar founded her campaigns on two basic tenets in the Indian constitution: the rights…

India: Inland regions: …and principal portion of the Narmada-Son trough, a continuous depression running southwest-northeast, mostly at the base of the Vindhya Range, for about 750 miles (1,200 km).

Menes was the legendary first king of unified Egypt, who, according to tradition, joined Upper and Lower Egypt in a single centralized monarchy and established ancient Egypt’s 1st dynasty. Manetho, a 3rd-century-bce Egyptian historian, called him Menes, the 5th-century-bce Greek historian Herodotus

Egyptian art and architecture: Dynastic Egypt: …the scenes shown on the Narmer Palette, where Narmer (better known as Menes), probably the last ruler of predynastic Egypt, is depicted as the triumphant ruler.

Narni, town, Umbria regione, central Italy, situated on a hilltop above the Nera River. It originated as the Umbrian Nequinum (later Narnia, after the Roman conquest) and was the birthplace of Pope John XIII (10th century), the Roman emperor Nerva (1st century), and the condottiere Erasmo da Narni

Narni, town, Umbria regione, central Italy, situated on a hilltop above the Nera River. It originated as the Umbrian Nequinum (later Narnia, after the Roman conquest) and was the birthplace of Pope John XIII (10th century), the Roman emperor Nerva (1st century), and the condottiere Erasmo da Narni

The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven children’s books by C.S. Lewis: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950), Prince Caspian (1951), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952), The Silver Chair (1953), The Horse and His Boy (1954), The Magician’s Nephew (1955), and The Last Battle (1956).

Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), series of South Korean launch vehicles that were designed to launch Earth-orbiting satellites and that brought South Korea into the club of space nations. The KSLV-1 is 33 metres (108 feet) tall and 3.9 metres (12.8 feet) in diameter. It has two stages: a

Naro-Fominsk, city and centre of a rayon (sector), Moscow oblast (region), western Russia, on the Nara River southwest of the capital. It was formed in 1926 from three villages and textile centres. The town Fominsk was totally destroyed in World War II but later reemerged with its cotton-based

Belarus: Drainage: Among the largest lakes are Narach, Osveyskoye, and Drysvyaty.

Aleksandŭr Tsankov: …leader of the conservative group National Concord (Naroden Zgovor), which conspired to overthrow the radical peasant dictatorship of Aleksandŭr Stamboliyski.

Narodna Odbrana, Serbian nationalist organization, founded in 1908, that gathered recruits from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia and tried to foment an anti-Habsburg revolution in Bosnia. Although it officially transformed itself into a cultural society in 1909, it continued its clandestine

Sergey Gennadiyevich Nechayev: …small secret revolutionary group, the People’s Retribution (Russian: Narodnaya Rasprava), also called the Society of the Axe, based on the principles of the Catechism and requiring its members to submit unquestioningly to the will of the leader. When I.I. Ivanov, a student member of the group, protested Nechayev’s methods, Nechayev…

Narodnaya Volya, 19th-century Russian revolutionary organization that regarded terrorist activities as the best means of forcing political reform and overthrowing the tsarist autocracy. Narodnaya Volya was organized in 1879 by members of the revolutionary Populist party, Zemlya i Volya (“Land and

Mount Narodnaya, (“People’s Mountain”), peak of the Nether-Polar section of the Ural Mountains in west-central Russia. Rising to 6,217 feet (1,895 m), it is the highest mountain in the Urals range. Several small glaciers are found on the slopes of Narodnaya and nearby mountains. Coniferous forests

Mount Narodnaya, (“People’s Mountain”), peak of the Nether-Polar section of the Ural Mountains in west-central Russia. Rising to 6,217 feet (1,895 m), it is the highest mountain in the Urals range. Several small glaciers are found on the slopes of Narodnaya and nearby mountains. Coniferous forests

Czechoslovak history: Stalinism in Czechoslovakia: …May 30, and the new National Assembly elected Gottwald president. Antonín Zápotocký succeeded him as premier, while Rudolf Slánský retained the powerful post of secretary general of the Czechoslovak Communist Party.

Narodnik: …the name of the movement, narodnichestvo, or “populism.”

Narodnik, member of a 19th-century socialist movement in Russia who believed that political propaganda among the peasantry would lead to the awakening of the masses and, through their influence, to the liberalization of the tsarist regime. Because Russia was a predominantly agricultural country,

Bulgaria: Constitutional framework: In July 1991 the National Assembly adopted a new constitution establishing a parliamentary government and guaranteeing direct presidential elections, separation of powers, and freedom of speech, press, conscience, and religion. New laws allowed for the return of the properties that had been confiscated by the previous communist governments. Other…

narodnost, doctrine or national principle, the meaning of which has changed over the course of Russian literary criticism. Originally denoting simply literary fidelity to Russia’s distinct cultural heritage, narodnost, in the hands of radical critics such as Nikolay Dobrolyubov, came to be the

NKVD, Soviet secret police agency, a forerunner of the KGB

Ukraine: Political process: The centre-right, nationalistic Popular Movement of Ukraine, or Rukh, founded in 1989, was instrumental in the campaign for Ukrainian independence but afterward lost strength. The CPU—re-formed in 1993 after a 1991 ban on the Soviet-era CPU was lifted—retains support, mainly in the industrialized and Russophone reaches of eastern…

Aleksandr Afanasev: …is best remembered for his Narodnyye russkiye skazki (“Russian Popular Fairy Tales”), compiled between 1855 and 1864 and including more than 600 tales. His Narodnyye russkiye legendy (“Russian Popular Legends”) was banned by the government censor until 1914, and his Lyubimyye Skazki (“Beloved Fairy Tales”) collection, which included children’s stories…

Poland: Finance of Poland: The National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski) acted as the main agent of the government’s financial policy, managing everything from the currency and money supply to wages and prices, credit, investment, and the detailed business of all state enterprises. In the late 1980s and early…

Buddhism: Sa-skya-pa, Bka’-brgyud-pa, and related schools: …them to the Indian yogi Naropa, the master of Mar-pa, the 11th-century householder-teacher, who was in turn the master of Mi-la-ras-pa (1040–1123). The school preserved a collection of songs attributed to the founder and a hagiographic account of his life. Sgam-po-pa (1079–1153), who was Mi-la-ras-pa’s greatest disciple, systematized the school’s…

Diane di Prima: …number of institutions, including the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colo., New College of California, California College of Arts and Crafts, and the San Francisco Art Institute.

Diane di Prima: …number of institutions, including the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colo., New College of California, California College of Arts and Crafts, and the San Francisco Art Institute.

Norodom was the king of Cambodia (1860–1904) who, under duress, placed his country under the control of the French in 1863. Norodom was the eldest son of King Duong. He was educated in Bangkok, capital of the Thai kingdom, where he studied Pāli and Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures and the sacred canons

narra, (genus Pterocarpus), genus of timber trees of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Asia and Africa. Narra wood is primarily used for cabinetwork; it is usually red or rose colour, often variegated with yellow. The wood is hard and heavy, and the pattern of the grain and the colouring are

Narrabri, town, northeastern New South Wales, Australia. It lies along Narrabri Creek (a tributary of the Namoi River), just west of the Nandewar Range. Surveyed in 1859 and declared a municipality in 1883, Narrabri derives its name from an Aboriginal word meaning “big creek” and “forked sticks.”

Narraganset, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe that originally occupied most of what is now the U.S. state of Rhode Island west of Narragansett Bay. They had eight divisions, each with a territorial chief who was in turn subject to a head chief. Their subsistence depended on the

Narraganset, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe that originally occupied most of what is now the U.S. state of Rhode Island west of Narragansett Bay. They had eight divisions, each with a territorial chief who was in turn subject to a head chief. Their subsistence depended on the

Narragansett, town (township), southeastern Washington county, southern Rhode Island, U.S., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. The Pettaquamscutt River (north) and Point Judith Pond (south) form the western boundary of the town, which includes the village of Narragansett Pier and the fishing

Narragansett Bay, inlet of the North Atlantic Ocean extending northward from Rhode Island Sound for 28 miles (45 km) into Rhode Island, U.S., and almost dividing the state into two parts. The bay is 3 to 12 miles wide and receives the Blackstone, Pawtuxet, Taunton, and Woonasquatucket rivers. It