Nain
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- Nain rugNain rugNain rugs are constructed using the Persian knot and can be between 300 and 700 knots per inch. The pile is usually very high quality wool, clipped short and silk is most usually used as highlighting for parts of the detailing in the design. Some pieces are made entirely of silk. Nain rugs are...
, name of a traditional pattern and design of Persian carpet - North American Interfaith NetworkNorth American Interfaith NetworkThe North American Interfaith Network is a non-profit association of Interfaith organizations and agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States...
- NainGungnyeoGungnyeo is a Korean term referring to women waiting on the king and other royalty in traditional Korean society. It is short for "gungjung yeogwan", which translates as "a lady officer of the royal court". Gungnyeo includes sanggung and nain , both of which hold rank as officers...
, assistant court ladies of Korea
Places
- Nain, IranNain, IranNain is a city in and the capital of Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24,424, in 6,950 families.It has one of the earliest remaining mosques in Iran, and has a Sassanid era fort, now in ruins, called Narin Ghal'eh....
, a city in Iran - Nain CountyNain CountyNain County is a county in Isfahan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Nain. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 54,298, in 15,919 families; excluding those portions, the population was 36,810 in 10,995 families...
, an administrative subdivision of Iran - Nain, Israel, a village in Galilee, mentioned in the New Testament (Young man from Nain) in Luke
- Nain, JamaicaNain, JamaicaNain is a settlement in Jamaica. It has a population of 2,331 as of 2009....
, a village in the parish of Saint Elizabeth - Nain, Newfoundland and LabradorNain, Newfoundland and LabradorNain or Naina is the northernmost town of any size in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located about 370 kilometres by air from Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The town was established as a Moravian mission in 1771 by Jens Haven and other missionaries...
, a village on the central coast of Labrador, Canada - Nain, PunjabNain, PunjabNain is a town and union council of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 201 metres .-References:...
, a village and Union Council of Pakistan - Nain, VirginiaNain, VirginiaNain is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, USA. Nain is located northwest of Winchester along the North Frederick Pike . The community is situated within a gap in Little North Mountain and Flint Ridge....
, an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States - Nain, Principality of Hutt River, capital and only town in the Australian micronation
- Nain, South Australia
Names
- Náin, a dwarf of Norse mythology
- Náin, name of three Dwarves from J. R. R. Tolkien's writings: Náin I, Náin II and Náin, son of Grór
- Nain, surname of JatJat peopleThe Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...
caste in India - Nain, the name for a grandmother in the Welsh languageWelsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...