Nada

Nada may refer to:

• In common English usage, "nothing", (borrowed from Spanish at least 1867.^[1] It comes from the Latin word "nata" (small, insignificant thing; literally (thing) born).^[2]

Places

• Nada, Nepal
• Nada, Texas
• Nada-ku, Kobe, one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan
• Nada High School, in Hyogo, Japan

People

• NaDa, or Red_NaDa, Lee Yun-Yeol, South Korean professional StarCraft player
• Nada Dimić (1923-1942), Croatian and Serbian war hero
• Nada Herman-Witkamp, Australian artist
• Nada Klaić (1920–1988), Croatian historian
• Nada Mamula (1927-2001), Bosnian singer
• Nada Shabout Art historian, author
• Youssef Nada (born 1931), Egyptian businessman and financial strategist

Musicians and Bands

• nada (band), alias of Steve Grainger, a UK electronica/ambient artist
• Nada (Italian singer), Italian singer
• Nada Surf, a US rock band

Fictional Characters

• John Nada, the main character from John Carpenter's film They Live, portrayed by Roddy Piper

Titles

Novels

• Nada (novel), an award-winning Spanish-language novel written by Carmen Laforet in 1944
• Nada the Lily (1892), a novel by H. Rider Haggard

Albums

• Nada!, an album by Death In June, released in 1985

Movies

• Nada (film), a Spanish film, directed by Edgar Neville in 1947, based on Carmen Laforet's novel
• Nada (1974 film), a French film, also known as The Nada Gang, directed by Claude Chabrol in 1974, based on Jean-Patrick Manchette's novel

Spirituality

• Nāda in ancient Indian metaphysics is the spiritual sound that fills the entire cosmos.
• Lady Master Nada, according to the New Age religion the Church Universal and Triumphant, the female Ascended master governing the "Sixth Ray"

Acronyms

The acronym NADA may refer to:

• N-arachidonoyl-dopamine, a CB1 and TRPV1 agonist
• National Automobile Dealers Association
• Nationale Anti Doping Agentur Deutschland, the German anti-doping agency for sport (in German)
• Notational Anti-Doping Agentur Austria, the Austrian anti-doping agency for sport (in German)

See also

• All pages beginning with "Nada"

References

1. ^ http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00320631 Oxford English Dictionary, Draft Revision June 2003. nada n.1.
2. ^ http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltObtenerHtml?LEMA=nada&SUPIND=0&CAREXT=10000&NEDIC=No

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