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Nola – North Braddock

Nola

an episcopal city of Italy; 16 miles E. N. E. of Naples; is built on the site of one of the oldest cities of Campania, founded by the Ausonians, and taken by the Romans in the Samnite War, 313 B. C. Augustus died here A. D. 14. Pop. about 14,000.

Nordau

MAX SIMON, a German author; born in Pest, Hungary, July 29, 1849; followed various avocations, studying and practicing medicine, traveling, and writing for the press till 1880, when

Nordstrand

an island of Prussia, on the W. coast of Schleswig; area, 21 square miles. The greater part of it was swept away in 1634 by a flood, which drowned 15,000 persons.

Norham Castle

the border fortress of the bishops of Durham; on the Tweed river; 8 miles S. W. of Berwick.

Founded in 1121, and deemed impregnable in 1522, it has memories of Kings John, Edward I., and James IV., but is known best through "Marmion." The picturesque ruins comprise a great square keep, 70 feet high.

Normal School

a school for the education of teachers.

Norrbotten

largest province in Sweden, bordering on Russia and Gulf of Bothnia. Includes part of Lapland, and has many lakes and rivers, with dense forests. Little agricultural produce, but considerable minerals. Area 40,870 square miles. Pop. about 150,000.

NORRIS

Norse

the language of Scandinavia.

Old Norse is represented by the classical Icelandic, and still with wonderful purity by modern Icelandic. The literature includes the early literature of the people of Norway, Sweden, and Iceland.

Norte

RIO GRANDE DEL (rē'ō grän'da del nor'tā), a river of Mexico, rising in the Rocky Mountains and emptying into the Gulf of Mexico; length about 2,000 miles. Its mouth is 1,200 feet wide, but is barred so as to afford entrance only to boats.

Northampton

a borough of Penn- It is on sylvania, in Northampton co. It is on the Central of New Jersey and the Le- Central of New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley railroads. Pop. (1910) 8,729; (1920) 9,349. (19

Northamptonshire

a midland county of England with a total area of 914 square miles. It is chiefly an industrial county, but there are also important agricultural interests. The chief rivers rivers are the Nene, Welland, and Avon. The most important products are ironware, boots and shoes. North- Avonron ampton is the capital. Pop. about 325,000.

North Andover

a town of Massachusetts in Essex co., 28 miles N. of Boston. It is on the Merrimac river and on the Boston and Maine railroad. It is an attractive residential community and is also a manufacturing center of importance. There are several large woolen mills and manufactories of NORTH ATTLEBORO woolen-mill machinery. Pop. (1910) 5,529; (1920) 6,265.

North Braddock

a borough of Pennsylvania in Allegheny co., 10 miles S. E. of Pittsburgh. It is on the Pennsylvania railroad. It is an important manufacturing community, the chief industry being the manufacturing of steel rails. It is also an attractive residential town. Pop. (1910) 11,824; (1920) 14,928.