Naff
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- William E. NaffWilliam E. NaffWilliam E. Naff was an American scholar of Japanese language and literature.He was born on February 14, 1929 in Wenatchee, Washington State, and served with the US Air Force from 1946-1949. He received a BA degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Washington, and subsequently earned an MA...
, an American scholar of Japanese language - Lycia NaffLycia NaffLycia Naff is an American dancer, actress, journalist and motorcycle enthusiast. She is best known as an actress for a 2 episode-role as Ensign Sonya Gomez on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for her brief appearance as an alien who opens her blouse to reveal three breasts in the hit science...
, actress - D-NaffD-NaffNaftalie Shigwedha Amukwelele commonly known as D-Naff, is a Namibian award-winning rapper/singer, and a former street gangster. D-Naff sings inspirational religious music in the style of kwaito, hip hop, kizomba, dancehall and afro-pop...
(born 1974), a Namibian award-winning Gospel rapper, and a former street gangster - Petty Naff, a notorious rowdy of the Know-Nothing Riot of 1856Know-Nothing Riot of 1856The Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, some of the worst rioting of the Know-Nothing era in the United States, occurred in Baltimore in the fall of 1856. Street tensions had escalated sharply over the preceding half-dozen years as neighborhood gangs, most of them operating out of local firehouses, became...
- Kevin Naff, editor at the Washington Blade
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- National Association for Freedom
- Norway American Football FederationNorway American Football FederationThe Norway American Football Federation is the largest American football league in Norway, consisting of eleven teams from Norwegian cities and universities. The league is divided into two levels of competition and four age categories: Senior, Under 19, Under 16, and Under 13...
- Nederlandse American Football Federatie (see American football in the NetherlandsAmerican Football in the Netherlands-The beginning:Dutch American Football has been on the map both nationally and internationally for more than twenty years. However, it took almost 40 years before the first American Football game played in the Netherlands was followed up. In 1946 two American University teams played an exhibition...
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- An alternate transliteration of the Nat river in ArakanRakhine StateRakhine State is a Burmese state. Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State in the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region in the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between...
- A British colloquial form with the meaning 'inferior, tacky', originally from the PolariPolariPolari is a form of cant slang used in Britain by actors, circus and fairground showmen, criminals, prostitutes, and by the gay subculture. It was popularised in the 1960s by camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne...
subculture.