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2,718 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Noruega
proper noun
Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
Novena Región
proper noun
alternative spelling of IX Región
Noé
proper noun
Noah (a figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood); a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Noah
Nuakchot
proper noun
Nouakchott (the capital city of Mauritania)
Nuestra Señora
proper noun
"Our Lady", the title for the Virgin Mary
Nueva
proper noun
a village in northeastern Asturias, Spain; a surname
Nueva Caledonia
proper noun
New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)
a town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador
Nueva Delhi
proper noun
New Delhi (the capital city of India, located in the national capital territory of Delhi)
Nueva Escocia
proper noun
Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada); Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia peninsula (a peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia peninsula)
Nueva Esparta
proper noun
a state of Venezuela; a town in La Unión department, El Salvador
Nueva España
proper noun
New Spain (a former viceroyalty (a type of colony) in North America and Central America that existed from 1521 to 1821. It comprised of Spain's territorial possessions in the New World including the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Philippines, established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521)
New South Wales (a state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1788 to 1901)
Nueva Gerona
proper noun
The capital city of the Cuban island of Isla de la Juventud
Nueva Granada
proper noun
New Granada; a town in Usulután department, El Salvador
Nueva Guadalupe
proper noun
a town in San Miguel department, El Salvador
Nueva Guinea
proper noun
New Guinea; A town and municipality in southern Nicaragua, in the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur.
Nueva Hampshire
proper noun
New Hampshire (a state of the United States)
Nueva Inglaterra
proper noun
New England (a geographic region of the northeastern United States, consisting of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)
Nueva Jersey
proper noun
New Jersey (a state in the northeastern United States)
Nueva Orleans
proper noun
New Orleans (a city in Louisiana, United States)
Nueva Roma
proper noun
New Rome (an ancient city situated on the Bosporus, later renamed to Constantinople)
Nueva Segovia
proper noun
Nueva Segovia (a department of Nicaragua)
Nueva Trinidad
proper noun
a town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador
Nueva Vergara
proper noun
Davao City
Nueva Vizcaya
proper noun
Nueva Vizcaya (a province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines)
Nueva York
proper noun
New York (a state of the United States); New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey in addition to Pennsylvania and Connecticut)
Albacete (a city in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
Nueva Zelanda
proper noun
New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)
Nueva Zembla
proper noun
Novaya Zemlya
Nueva Écija
proper noun
Nueva Ecija (a province in Central Luzon, Philippines)
Nuevas Hébridas
proper noun
New Hebrides
Nuevitas
proper noun
a town in Camagüey, Cuba
Nuevo
proper noun
a surname
Nuevo Brunswick
proper noun
New Brunswick (a province in eastern Canada)
Nuevo Cuscatlán
proper noun
a town in La Libertad department, El Salvador
a town in San Miguel department, El Salvador
Nuevo Hampshire
proper noun
New Hampshire (a state of the United States)
Nuevo Laredo
proper noun
Nuevo Laredo (a city in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico, on the border with the United States of America)
Nuevo León
proper noun
a state of Mexico
Nuevo Mundo
proper noun
New World
Nuevo México
proper noun
New Mexico (a state in the southwestern United States)
Nuevo Testamento
proper noun
New Testament (the second half of the Christian Bible, which includes the four Gospels, the Book of Acts, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation)
Nuevo Vallarta
proper noun
Nuevo Vallarta: a neighbourhood of Puerto Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico
Numeriana
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Numerian; a female given name, used to denote children that are born quickly.
Numidia
proper noun
Numidia (a historical region and ancient Berber kingdom located in North Africa, initially situated in modern Algeria but later expanding into Tunisia and Libya); Numidia (a former province of the Roman Empire, approximately located in modern northeastern Algeria)
Nuquí
proper noun
Nuquí (a town, a municipality of Chocó department, Colombia)
Nuria
proper noun
a female given name from Catalan
Nursultán
proper noun
Nur-Sultan (former name of Astana: the capital city of Kazakhstan, used from 2019 to 2022)
Nuuk
proper noun
Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)
Nuño
proper noun
a male given name
Nyamena
proper noun
alternative spelling of Yamena
Nájera
proper noun
a municipality of La Rioja, Spain
Nálchik
proper noun
Nalchik (a city in Russia)
Nápoles
proper noun
Naples (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy); Naples (a metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples)
Nátaga
proper noun
a town in Huila department, Colombia
Néguev
proper noun
the Negev (a desert in Israel)
Némesis
proper noun
Nemesis
Néstor
proper noun
Nestor; a male given name
Níger
proper noun
Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria); Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)