List of acronyms: N

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter N.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

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NA

NB

NC

ND

NE

NF

NG

NH

NI

NJ

NK

  • nK – (s) Nanokelvin
  • NKA – No Known Allergies
  • N/K/A – Now Known As
  • NKVD – (i) Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del (Russian "People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs") (1934–1954)

NL

NM

NN

NO

NP

NQ

  • NQ – (s) Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
  • NQOCD – (i) Not Quite Our Class, Dear (or Darling). (Upper-class English slang)
  • NPO – nothing by mouth

NR

NS

NT

NU

NV

  • nv – (s) Navajo language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • nV – (s) Nanovolt
  • NV
    • (i) Naamloze vennootschap (Dutch, "innominate partnership" or "anonymous venture"; i.e. a public limited-liability company)
    • (s) Nevada (postal symbol)
  • NVEOL – (i) Night Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
  • NVESD – (i) CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
  • NVG – (i) Night Vision Goggles
  • NVL – (i) Night Vision Laboratory

NW

NX

  • NX – (p) Part of computer memory marked as "no execute" – (i) Automobile made by Nissan – (s) unit of illuminance – (p) National Express – (p) Net exports
  • NXA – (i) 21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
  • NXD – (p) Native XML
  • NXE – (i) New Xbox Experience
  • NXG – (p) New Cross Gate station
  • NXL – (i) National XBall League
  • NXN – (p) Nike Cross Nationals
  • NXP – (p) "Next Experience" Semiconductors

NY

NZ

References

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