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People

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Napier (surname) Napier is a surname with an English, Scottish, French or Polish origin. The British surname ''Napier'' is derived from an occupational name for someone who sold or produced table linen; or for a naperer which was a servant who was responsible fo ...
, including a list of people with that name * Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders


Given name

* Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist *
Napier Waller Mervyn Napier Waller CMG OBE (19 June 189330 March 1972) was a noted Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media. He is perhaps best known for the mosaics and stained glass for the Hall of Memory at the Aus ...
(1893–1972), Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter


Places


Antarctica

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Napier Island Napier Island is an island, long, in the southeastern part of Marguerite Bay, west-northwest of Mount Balfour on the Fallières Coast. Following survey and mapping as an ice rise in the Wordie Ice Shelf by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Sur ...
, in Marguerite Bay, on the Fallières Coast * Napier Mountains, in Enderby Land, East Antarctica * Napier Peak, in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica *
Napier Rock Napier may refer to: People * Napier (surname), including a list of people with that name * Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders Given name * Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist * Napier Waller (1893–19 ...
, in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands


Australia

* Mount Napier, a dormant volcano in Victoria * Napier Range, a mountain range in Western Australia * Napier County, New South Wales *
Napier, New South Wales Napier is a locality in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia and also a civil parish of Buccleuch County, New South Wales. Napier was the site of a now-closed railway station between 1911 and 1967 on the Oaklands railway line. ...
, a locality in the Riverina region *
Electoral district of Napier Napier was an electorate in the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the outer northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area, including the suburbs of Blakeview, Davoren Park, Elizabeth Downs, Evanston South, Kudla, Munno Para, Smithfi ...
, a former electoran district in South Australia


Canada

* Napier, Ontario, an unincorporated place in Middlesex County *
Napier Bay Napier Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Norwegian Bay off Devon Island's Grinnell Peninsula. To the west lies Crescent Island Crescent Island () is a small, roughly crescent-shaped island lying c ...
, an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut


India

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Napier Bay Islands Napier Bay Islands is a group of islands of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The islands are north of Port Blair Port Blair ...
, in the Andaman Islands, South Andaman


New Zealand

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Napier, New Zealand Napier ( ; mi, Ahuriri) is a city on the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Hawke's Bay region. It is a beachside city with a seaport, known for its sunny climate, esplanade lined with Norfolk Pines and extensi ...
, a city * Napier (New Zealand electorate), a parliamentary electorate


Singapore

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Napier MRT station Napier MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Located in Tanglin, Singapore, the station is at the junction of Napier Road, Holland Road and Cluny Road. The two exits of the sta ...
, an MRT station as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line in Singapore


South Africa

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Napier, Western Cape Napier is a village at the foot of the Soetmuisberg, between Caledon and Bredasdorp. A blend of century-old cottages and modern houses, surrounded by the rolling farmland which typifies the Overberg region of South Africa, give the village a ru ...
, a village in Overberg, Western Cape


United States

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Napier, Missouri Napier is an extinct town in Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features through ...
, a ghost town in Holt County *
Napier Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania Napier Township is a township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,026 at the 2020 census. History The Heirline Covered Bridge and New Paris Covered Bridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
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Napier, West Virginia Napier is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, founded in 1894, with the ZIP code of 26631. Napier has two significant historical landmarks: the Cunningham House and Outbuildings and the Union Civil War Fo ...
, an unincorporated community in Braxton County


Other uses

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Napier (company) Napier Enterprises (Napier Outdoors) is the world's largest developer and distributor of vehicle camping tents. History Napier was started by Roman Napieraj and is twin sister Christina Milan in 1990 and initially developed three models, but tod ...
, Canadian developer and distributor of vehicle camping tents *
Napier Company (jewellery) The Napier Company is an American jewelry manufacturing company, and was one of the first modern corporations in the United States. The company is also known historically as a cutting-edge silver object manufacturer. History The Napier Company ...
, American jewellery company * D. Napier & Son, a British engineering company *
Robert Napier and Sons Messrs Robert Napier and Sons was a famous firm of Clyde shipbuilders and marine engineers at Govan, Glasgow founded by Robert Napier in 1826. It was moved to Govan for more space in 1841. His sons James and John were taken into partnership in 1 ...
, a former Clydeside shipbuilder * HMS ''Napier'', a list of ships with this name *
7096 Napier 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...
, a Mars-orbit crossing asteroid *
Edinburgh Napier University , mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain , established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College , type = Public , academic_staff = 802 , administrative_staff = 562 , chancellor = Will Whitehorn , ...
, Scotland (original name Napier Technical College)


See also

* Grant Napear, American sportscaster with a similarly spelled surname *
Neper The neper (symbol: Np) is a logarithmic unit for ratios of measurements of physical field and power quantities, such as gain and loss of electronic signals. The unit's name is derived from the name of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms. A ...
, a unit of measurement * {{disambiguation, geo