Nord, a word meaning "
north
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography.
Etymology
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" in several European languages, may refer to:
Acronyms
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National Organization for Rare Disorders
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is a nonprofit organization, based in Connecticut, aiming to provide support for individuals with rare diseases by advocating and funding research, education, and networking among service pro ...
, an American nonprofit organization
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New Orleans Recreation Department
The New Orleans Recreation Department is the department of the local government of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana USA, that operates and maintains recreational facilities for the people of the city. It is commonly known by the acronym NORD.
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, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Film and television
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''Nord'' (1991 film), a film directed by
Xavier Beauvois
Xavier Beauvois (; born 20 March 1967) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.
Career
His film '' Don't Forget You're Going to Die'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.
His film '' Of Gods an ...
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''Nord'' (2009 film), or ''North'', a Norwegian film directed by Rune Denstad Langlo
Music
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''Nord'' (Siddharta album), 2001
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''Nord'' (Year of No Light album), 2006
* ''Nord'', an album by
Luna Amară
Luna Amară is a Romanian rock band from Cluj-Napoca. The band, which was founded in 1999 under the name Tanagra Noise, consists of Mihnea Blidariu (lead vocals, trumpet, rhythm guitar), Nick Făgădar (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Sorin Moraru ...
, 2018
* ''Nord'', an album by
Alfa, 2021
* Nord, the brand name for electronic keyboards and percussion synthesizers produced by
Clavia
Clavia Digital Musical Instruments (Clavia DMI AB) is a Swedish manufacturer of virtual analog synthesizers, virtual electromechanical pianos and stage pianos, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1983 by Hans Nordelius and Mikael Carlsson. Since 1995 ...
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* ''A. G. NORD'', the fifth disc from the album
7G, by
A. G. Cook
Alexander Guy Cook (born 23 August 1990) is an English record producer. He first became known as founder of the influential record label PC Music in 2013; its signees included Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, Danny L Harle and Felicita (musician), Felici ...
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''Nord'' (Gåte album), 2021
People
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Bjorn Nord
Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or ...
(born 1972), Swedish ice hockey player
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Christiane Nord (born 1943), German translation scholar
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Daniel Nord, Swedish civil servant
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Elizabeth Nord (1902–1986), American labor organizer
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John Nord
John Eric Nord (born October 18, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association and World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980s as Nord the Barbarian and Yu ...
(born 1959), American professional wrestler
* (1912–2003), German anti-Nazi activist
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Kathleen Nord (born 1965), German swimmer
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Keith Nord
Keith Sterling Nord (March 3, 1957 – September 19, 2018) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Minnesota Vikings from 1979 to 1985. He played college football
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(born 1957), American football player
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Ole Tom Nord (born 1940), Norwegian skier
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Pierre Nord
Pierre Nord, real name André Léon Brouillard (15 April 1900 – 10 December 1985), was a French writer, spy, and resistance member.
Early life
Brouillard was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord. He participated in the First World War as a ...
(1900–1985), French writer and spy
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Richard Nord
Richard Nord is an American film editor. He is best known for his work on '' The Fugitive'' (1993), which earned him Academy Award, ACE Eddie Award, and British Academy Film Award nominations.
Partial filmography
*'' The Last Full Measure'' ( ...
, film editor
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Thomas Nord
Thomas Nord (born 19 October 1957 in Berlin) is a German politician ( DIE LINKE) and Member of the German Federal Parliament.
From 2005 to 2012 he was Chairman of DIE LINKE in Brandenburg (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus PDS prior to 200 ...
(born 1957), German politician (Die Linke)
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Walter R. Nord
Walter R. Nord (born 1939) is an American academic specializing in the study of organizational behavior. He has co-authored books on power in organizations and managing organizations.
Nord has published numerous scholarly articles in well respec ...
(born 1939), American academic
Places
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Nord (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency)
North (; ; ) is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to t ...
, an electoral constituency
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Nord (French department)
Nord (; officially ; ; , ) is a département in Hauts-de-France region, France bordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut, and the Bishopric of Cambrai. The modern coat of arms ...
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Nord (Haitian department)
Nord ( French, ) or Nò (Haitian Creole; both meaning "North") is one of the ten departments of Haiti and located in northern Haiti. It has an area of and a population of 1,067,177 (2015). Its capital is Cap-Haïtien.
History Taino Period
The ...
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Nord, California
Nord is a census-designated place in Butte County, California. Its zip code is 95973 and its area code is 530. It lies at an elevation of . Nord's population was 320 at the 2010 census.
History
A post office operated at Nord from 1871 to 1933, ...
, US, an unincorporated community
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Nord, Greenland
Station Nord is a military and scientific station in northeastern Greenland 1700 km north of the Arctic Circle.
It is about from the geographic North Pole, on Princess Ingeborg Peninsula () in northern Kronprins Christian Land, making ...
, a military and scientific base
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Nord Region (Burkina Faso)
Nord (, "North") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Nord was 1,720,908 in 2019. The region's capital is Ouahigouya. Four provinces make up the region— Loroum, Passoré, Yate ...
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Nord Region (Cameroon)
Transportation
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''Nord'' (yacht), a German superyacht
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Nord Aviation
Nord-Aviation () was a state-owned French aircraft manufacturer. The bulk of its facilities were based on the site of Bourges airport, in the département of Cher, in central France.
On 1 October 1954, Nord Aviation was created as a result of ...
, a former state-owned French aircraft manufacturer
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, or the Nord company, a French railway company
* Nord Automobiles aka Nord Motion, a
Nigerian automaker
Other uses
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Nord University
Nord University (; ; ) is a state university in Nordland and Trøndelag counties of Norway. As of 2024, it is the second-largest research and educational institution in Northern Norway with more than 11,000 students at study locations in Northe ...
, a public university in Norway
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NORD (ice hockey team)
Hockey Club Donbass (; ''Romanization of Ukrainian, tr. Hokeinyi Klub Donbas'') is a Ukraine, Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Druzhkivka, that played in the Ukrainian Hockey League and briefly the KHL.
HC Donbass is a six time Ukr ...
, a defunct Ukrainian amateur team
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''Nord'' (novel), published in English as ''North'', a 1960 novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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''Nord'' (video game), a 2009 Facebook video game
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12501 Nord, an asteroid
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6th SS Mountain Division ''Nord'', a WaffenSS division in World War II
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OnePlus Nord
The OnePlus Nord (code-named Avicii) is an Android-based smartphone manufactured by OnePlus, unveiled on 21 July 2020. It is the first device in the Nord series. It is the first mid-range smartphone from OnePlus since the 2015 OnePlus X. It ...
, a smartphone 5G by OnePlus
* Nords, a fictional race in the ''
Elder Scrolls
''The Elder Scrolls'' is a series of action role-playing games, action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on Nonlinear gameplay, free-form gameplay in an ...
'' fantasy setting
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Nord Pool
Nord Pool AS is a pan-European Electric power, power List of commodities exchanges, exchange. Nord Pool has its main office in Oslo and further offices in Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn and London. The company is owned by the European exchange o ...
, a pan-European electric power exchange
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NordVPN
NordVPN is a Lithuanian VPN service founded in 2012. NordVPN is developed by Nord Security (formerly Nordsec Ltd), a cybersecurity software company that was initially supported by Tesonet, a Lithuanian startup accelerator and business incubat ...
, a VPN service
See also
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Gare du Nord (disambiguation) Gare du Nord () is a railway station terminus in Paris, and the busiest railway station in Europe.
It may also refer to:
Transport
Belgium
* Gare du Nord, local name for '' Gare de Bruxelles-Nord'', railway station in Brussels, Belgium
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North (disambiguation)
North is a cardinal direction or compass point.
North or The North may also refer to:
Places
* North, South Carolina, a town in the United States
* North (London sub region), a sub-region of the London Plan
* Northern Canada or the North, north ...
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Norte (disambiguation) Norte may refer to:
Places
* Norte, Cape Verde, a village in the east-northeastern part of the island of Boa Vista
* Norte de Mexico, a region of Mexico
* Norte Region, Brazil, a region of Brazil
* Norte Region, Portugal, a NUTSII Region of Port ...
, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician for north
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