Human Geography, MIX-NūR

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Mixtec
Mixtec, Middle American Indian population living in the northern and western sections of the state of Oaxaca and......
Mizo
Mizo, any of a number of ethnic groups, most speaking Tibeto-Burman languages, whose homeland lies in the Mizo......
Mi’kmaq
Mi’kmaq, the largest of the Native American (First Nations) peoples traditionally occupying what are now Canada’s......
Moabite
Moabite, member of a West-Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in west-central Jordan)......
Modoc and Klamath
Modoc and Klamath, two neighbouring North American Indian tribes who lived in what are now south-central Oregon......
Moffat, Robert
Robert Moffat was a Scottish missionary to Africa and Bible translator, who was known for his efforts to improve......
Mohawk
Mohawk, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe and the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)......
Mohegan
Mohegan, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian people who originally occupied most of the upper Thames valley......
Mohican
Mohican, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe of what is now the upper Hudson River valley above the......
Mojave
Mojave, Yuman-speaking North American Indian farmers of the Mojave Desert who traditionally resided along the lower......
Mompox
Mompox, Indian people of what are now the northern Colombia lowlands who became extinct under Spanish rule. Culturally......
Mon
Mon, people living in the eastern delta region of Myanmar (Burma) and in west-central Thailand, numbering in the......
Mongo
Mongo, any of several peoples living in the African equatorial forest, south of the main Congo River bend and north......
Mongol
Mongol, member of a Central Asian ethnographic group of closely related tribal peoples who live mainly on the Mongolian......
Mono
Mono, either of two North American Indian groups, originally from what is now central California, U.S., who spoke......
Montagnard
Montagnard, (French: “Highlander,” or “Mountain Man”), any member of the hill-dwelling peoples of the Indochinese......
Montagu, Ashley
Ashley Montagu was a British American anthropologist noted for his works popularizing anthropology and science.......
Montauk
Montauk, both a single tribe and a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribes who lived on......
Moor
Moor, in English usage, a Moroccan or, formerly, a member of the Muslim population of al-Andalus, now Spain and......
Mordvin
Mordvin, member of a people speaking a Finno-Ugric language of the Uralic language family and living mainly in......
Morini
Morini, ancient Celtic people living in the northwestern part of the region between the Seine and the Rhine rivers......
Moriori
Moriori, native inhabitants of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. They are a Polynesian people whose language......
Morisco
Morisco, (Spanish: “Little Moor”), one of the Spanish Muslims (or their descendants) who became baptized Christians.......
Moro
Moro, any of several Muslim peoples of Mindanao, Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and other southern islands of the......
Moshoeshoe
Moshoeshoe was the founder and first paramount chief of the Sotho (Basuto, Basotho) nation. One of the most successful......
Mossi
Mossi, people of Burkina Faso and other parts of West Africa, especially Mali and Togo. They numbered some six......
Motilón
Motilón, (Spanish: “Hairless Ones”), collective name loosely applied by the Spaniards to various highland and lowland......
Mozarab
Mozarab, (from Arabic mustaʿrib, “arabicized”), any of the Spanish Christians living under Muslim rule (8th–11th......
Mpezeni
Mpezeni was a Southern African chief, a son of the great Ngoni king Zwangendaba. Mpezeni found himself in the middle......
Mpondo
Mpondo, group of Nguni-speaking peoples who have for several centuries occupied the area between the Mtata and......
Mswati II
Mswati II was a Southern African king and son of Sobhuza I. Mswati II was the greatest of the Dlamini-Ngwane kings,......
Mswati III
Mswati III is a member of the Swazi royal family who became king of Swaziland in 1986. Born to King Sobhuza II......
Mudejar
Mudejar, (from Arabic mudajjan, “permitted to remain”), any of the Muslims who remained in Spain after the Reconquista,......
muhajir
muhajir, Muslim person, usually Urdu-speaking, who either migrated during the partition of India in 1947 to territory......
mulatto
mulatto, a person of mixed white and Black ancestry. The term mulatto is a legacy of attempts to establish taxonomies......
Munda
Munda, any of several more or less distinct tribal groups inhabiting a broad belt in central and eastern India......
Mundurukú
Mundurukú, South American Indian people of the Amazon tropical forest. The Mundurukú speak a language of the Tupian......
Muong
Muong, ethnic minority in Vietnam, located in the mountainous area southwest of Hanoi. Considered the only surviving......
Mura
Mura, South American Indian people of the Amazon tropical forest of western Brazil. The Mura originally inhabited......
Murphy, Frank
Frank Murphy was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1940 until his death. He was......
Mursilis I
Mursilis I was a Hittite king during the Old Kingdom (reigned c. 1620–c. 1590 bce). Mursilis was the adopted heir......
Mursilis II
Mursilis II was a Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1346–c. 1320 bc). Son of the great Hittite conqueror......
Murut
Murut, least numerous of the indigenous ethnic groups of Indonesian Borneo, living mostly in the hilly southwestern......
Muwatallis
Muwatallis was a Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1320–c. 1294 bc). Muwatallis was the son and successor......
Mycenaean
Mycenaean, Any member of a group of warlike Indo-European peoples who entered Greece from the north starting c.......
Métis
Métis, indigenous nation of Canada that has combined Native American and European cultural practices since at least......
Māori
Māori, member of a Polynesian people of New Zealand. Their traditional history describes their origins in terms......
Mʾzabite
Mʾzabite, member of a Berber people who inhabit the Mʾzab oases of southern Algeria. Members of the Ibāḍīyah subsect......
Nabataean
Nabataean, member of a people of ancient Arabia whose settlements lay in the borderlands between Syria and Arabia,......
Nahua
Nahua, Middle American Indian population of central Mexico, of which the Aztecs (see Aztec) of pre-Conquest Mexico......
Nama
Nama, any member of a people of southern Namibia who constitute by far the largest Khoekhoe ethnic group, perhaps......
Nambicuara
Nambicuara, South American Indian people of the northern Mato Grosso. Once estimated at more than 20,000, the population......
Nandi
Nandi, Kalenjin-speaking people who inhabit the western part of the highlands of Kenya. Their dialect of Kalenjin......
Nanticoke
Nanticoke, a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived along the eastern shores of what......
Narraganset
Narraganset, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe that originally occupied most of what is now the U.S.......
Natchez
Natchez, North American Indian tribe of the Macro-Algonquian linguistic phylum that inhabited the east side of......
Nauset
Nauset, any member of an Algonquian-speaking Native North American tribe that occupied most of what is now Cape......
Navajo
Navajo, second most populous of all Native American peoples in the United States, with some 300,000 individuals......
navigation chart
navigation chart, map designed and used primarily for navigation. A nautical chart presents most of the information......
Naxi
Naxi, ethnic group of China who live mainly in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces; some live in Tibet. They speak a Tibeto-Burman......
Ndebele
Ndebele, any of several Bantu-speaking African peoples who live primarily in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces......
Ndebele
Ndebele, Bantu-speaking people of southwestern Zimbabwe who now live primarily around the city of Bulawayo. They......
Nenets
Nenets, ethnolinguistic group inhabiting northwestern Russia, from the White Sea on the west to the base of the......
Nephilim
Nephilim, in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament), a group of mysterious beings or people of unusually......
Neutral
Neutral, a confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribes who lived in what are now southern Ontario,......
Newar
Newar, people who comprise about half the population of the Kāthmāndu Valley in Nepal. They speak a language belonging......
Nez Percé
Nez Percé, North American Indian people whose traditional territory centred on the lower Snake River and such tributaries......
Ngada
Ngada, tribe inhabiting the south coast of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia. They live around......
Nganasan
Nganasan, an indigenous Arctic people who traditionally resided in the lower half of the Taymyr Peninsula of Russia.......
Ngata, Āpirana
Āpirana Ngata was a political and cultural leader of the Māori community in New Zealand. He was a major force behind......
Ngbandi
Ngbandi, a people of the upper Ubangi River in southern Central African Republic and northern Democratic Republic......
Ngoni
Ngoni, approximately 12 groups of people of the Nguni (q.v.) branch of Bantu-speaking peoples that are scattered......
Nguni
Nguni, cluster of related Bantu-speaking ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe, whose ancestors......
Niantic
Niantic, Algonquian-speaking woodland Indians of southern New England. The Eastern Niantic lived on the western......
Nilot
Nilot, any member of several east-central African peoples living in South Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya.......
Nipmuc
Nipmuc, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian group that originally occupied the central plateau of what is......
Nisei
Nisei, (Japanese: “second-generation”), son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who was born and educated in the......
Nivkh
Nivkh, east Siberian people who live in the region of the Amur River estuary and on nearby Sakhalin Island. They......
Nkole
Nkole, a people of the Interlacustrine Bantu-speaking group who occupy the area of southwestern Uganda between......
Nkomo, Joshua
Joshua Nkomo was a Black nationalist in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), who, as leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s......
Norman
Norman, member of those Vikings, or Norsemen, who settled in northern France (or the Frankish kingdom), together......
Northeast Indian
Northeast Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples living at the time of European contact in the area......
northern Mexican Indian
northern Mexican Indian, member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting northern Mexico. The generally accepted......
Northwest Coast Indian
Northwest Coast Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific coastland......
Nsenga
Nsenga, a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the Luangwa River valley area of southeastern Zambia. It is difficult......
Nuba
Nuba, inhabitants of the Nuba Hills in the Kordofan region of central-southern Sudan. This region is studded with......
Nuer
Nuer, people who live in the marsh and savanna country on both banks of the Nile River in South Sudan. They speak......
Nunes, Pedro
Pedro Nunes was a mathematician, geographer, and the chief figure in Portuguese nautical science, noted for his......
Nupe
Nupe, people living near the confluence of the Niger and Kaduna rivers in west-central Nigeria. They speak a language......
Nurhachi
Nurhachi was a chieftain of the Jianzhou Juchen, a Manchurian tribe, and one of the founders of the Manchu, or......
Nuu-chah-nulth
Nuu-chah-nulth, North American Indians who live on what are now the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, Can.,......
Nyakyusa
Nyakyusa, Bantu-speaking people living in Mbeya region, Tanzania, immediately north of Lake Nyasa, and in Malaŵi.......
Nyamwezi
Nyamwezi, Bantu-speaking inhabitants of a wide area of the western region of Tanzania. Their language and culture......
Nyika
Nyika, any of several Northeast Bantu-speaking peoples including the Digo, who live along the coast of Kenya and......
Nyishi
Nyishi, tribal people of eastern Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh (formerly North East Frontier Agency), a mountainous......
Nyoro
Nyoro, an Interlacustrine Bantu people living just east of Lake Albert (also called Lake Mobutu Sese Seko), west......
nökhör
nökhör, In Mongolia during the time of Genghis Khan (c. 1160–1227), one who forswore loyalty to family and clan......
Nāga
Nāga, group of tribes inhabiting the Nāga Hills of Nāgāland (q.v.) state in northeastern India. They include more......
Nūristāni
Nūristāni, people of the Hindu Kush mountain area of Afghanistan and the Chitral area of Pakistan. Their territory,......

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