Nonpareil
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Nonpareil from the French meaning 'without equal', it may also refer to:
- Nonpareil, GuyanaNonpareil, GuyanaNonpareil was the name of a sugarcane plantation, and later a village, on the east coast Demerara Region of Guyana that operated until the mid 20th century...
, a village in Guyana - Nonpareil, OregonNonpareil, OregonNonpareil is an unincorporated historic locale in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. It is located about eight miles east of Sutherlin, near Calapooya Creek. The population of the area was about 202 in 2000. Nonpareil was the birthplace of novelist H. L...
, a former community in the United States - NonpareilsNonpareilsNonpareils are a decorative confection of tiny balls made with sugar and starch, traditionally an opaque white but now available in many colors. Their origin is uncertain, but they may have evolved out of the pharmaceutical use of sugar, as they were a miniature version of comfits...
, a confectionery of small sweet spheres used to decorate cakes, sweets, and pastries - Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey (1862–1895), Irish boxer
- HMS NonpareilHMS NonpareilFour ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nonpareil, from the French meaning 'without equal':* HMS Nonpareil was a 56-gun galleon, launched in 1556 as the 44-gun HMS Philip and Mary. She was rebuilt in 1584 and renamed Nonpareil. She was again rebuilt in 1603 and renamed Nonsuch...
, several ships - Nonpareil, a rag composed by Scott Joplin published in 1907
- Nonpareil, an Al CohnAl CohnAl Cohn was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger and composer.-Biography:Alvin Gilbert Cohn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was initially known in the 1940s for playing in Woody Herman's Second Herd as one of the Four Brothers, along with Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, and Serge Chaloff...
jazz recording from 1981