North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
Battle of the Marne Belleau Wood Chateau-Thierry Marne River | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in |
Granicus Battle of Granicus River | the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians ( BC) |
Metaurus River | a battle during the second Punic War ( BC), Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy |
Meuse Meuse River Argonne Argonne Forest Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle in World War I () |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle of World War II () |
Yalu River | a battle in the Korean War (November ), when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River , Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back |
cooter river cooter Pseudemys concinna | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico |
river limpet freshwater limpet Ancylus fluviatilis | minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
longlawed prawn river prawn Palaemon australis | large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
river dolphin | any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia |
hippopotamus hippo river horse Hippopotamus amphibius | massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
river otter Lutra canadensis | sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America |
river shad Alosa chrysocloris | shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage, very similar to Alosa sapidissima |
Australian arowana Dawson River salmon saratoga spotted barramundi spotted bonytongue Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
New River Gorge Bridge | a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia |
positive pole positive magnetic pole north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
river boat | a boat used on rivers or to ply a river |
University of North Carolina | a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
North Atlantic Treaty | the treaty signed in by countries that established NATO |
Scandinavian Scandinavian language Nordic Norse North Germanic North Germanic language | the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland |
Norman-French Norman French Old North French | the medieval Norman dialect of Old French |
North Dravidian | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in eastern India |
anchovy pear river pear | West Indian fruit resembling the mango, often pickled |
river prawn | large Australian prawn |
North America | the nations of the North American continent collectively |
Central America | the nations of Central America collectively |
South America | the nations of the South American continent collectively, South America is an important market for goods from the United States |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO | an international organization created in by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
United Mine Workers of America United Mine Workers | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
Economic Commission for Latin America | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Latin America |
North Atlantic Council NAC | a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO, has political authority and powers of decision |
Hudson River school romantic realism | the first coherent school of American art, active from to , painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England |
Boy Scouts of America | a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States, the purpose is character building and citizenship training |
Arctic Arctic Zone North Frigid Zone | the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
river basin basin watershed drainage basin catchment area catchment basin drainage area | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet, flood control in the Missouri basin |
north | a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city |
North Cascades National Park | a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites |
north celestial pole | the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere, near Polaris |
North Pole | the northernmost point of the Earth's axis |
north side | the side that is on the north |
North Temperate Zone | Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer |
north-south direction | in a direction parallel with lines of longitude |
North American country North American nation | any country on the North American continent |
Central America | the isthmus joining North America and South America, extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia |
North Yorkshire | a county in northern England |
North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea D.P.R.K. DPRK | a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, established in |
Pyongyang capital of North Korea | capital of North Korea and an industrial center, Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved |
Sabah North Borneo | a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo |