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Neil (other)
Neil is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin. Neil may also refer to: * Neil Road, Singapore * Neil Island, now Shaheed Island, Andaman Islands * Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, a mutual insurance company See also * * * MacNeil * McNeil * MacNeill * McNeill (other) * Neal * Neale (other) * Neill * O'Neill (other) * Nail (other) * Nell (other) * Niel, Belgium * ''Njáls saga ''Njáls saga'' ( ), also ''Njála'' ( ), ''Brennu-Njáls saga'' ( ) or ''"The Story of Burnt Njáll"'', is a thirteenth-century sagas of Icelanders, Icelandic saga that describes events between 960 and 1020. The saga deals with a process of ...'', is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga * Justice Neil (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil
Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neil in the context of a surname as meaning "champion". Origins The Gaelic name was adopted by the Vikings and taken to Iceland as ''Njáll'' (see Nigel). From Iceland it went via Norway, Denmark, and Normandy to England. The name also entered Northern England and Yorkshire directly from Ireland, and from Norwegian settlers. ''Neal'' or ''Neall'' is the Middle English form of ''Nigel''. As a first name, during the Middle Ages, the Gaelic name of Irish origins was popular in Ireland and later Scotland. During the 20th century ''Neil'' began to be used in Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Road
Neil Road ( Chinese: 尼路) is a one-way road in Chinatown and Tanjong Pagar in the planning areas of Outram and Bukit Merah in Singapore. The road starts at the junction of South Bridge Road, Maxwell Road and Tanjong Pagar Road and ends at Kampong Bahru Road which then merges into Jalan Bukit Merah. At the end of the road, it is a conservation area of several shophouses and a three-story Victorian style school building, which was the former site of Fairfield Methodist Girls' School. In the Tanjong Pagar area of the road, it is home to rows of conserved shophouses for various purposes. Etymology The road was formerly known as Silat, Selat or Salat Road, the Malay term for "straits" before renamed in 1858 to Neil Road. The Municipal Council renamed the road in honour of Colonel Neil of the Madras Fusiliers in India, who was involved in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In Hokkien, the road was known as ''goo chia chwee sia lo'', which means "steep street of Kreta Ayer". Nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Island
Neil Island, officially known as Shaheed Dweep, is an island of the Andaman Islands, located in Ritchie's Archipelago. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The island is loocated northeast from Port Blair. Etymology Neill Island was named after British Brigadier general James Neill, who had fought on the side of the British East Indian company in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. In December 2018, it was renamed as Shaheed Dweep as a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Bose had hoisted the Indian flag at Port Blair on 30 December 1943 and proclaimed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as territories liberated form British rule. He had subsequently named Andaman Island as Shaheed and Nicobar Island as Swaraj. History Shaheed Dweep, then Neill Island, was uninhabited until the arrival of settlers in the late 1960s. Like Swaraj Dweep, then Havelock, the vast majority of settlers at Shaheed Dweep were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited
Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL) is a mutual insurance company which insures all nuclear power plants in the United States as well as some facilities internationally. The company is based in Wilmington, Delaware, and is registered in Bermuda. It was founded in 1980 in response to the 1979 Three Mile Island accident The Three Mile Island accident was a partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island, Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor in Pennsylvania, United States. It began at 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979. It is the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclea .... In 1997 NEIL merged with Nuclear Mutual Limited, of Bermuda. The company provides a range of insurance products, including property damage coverage, third-party liability coverage, and environmental impairment liability coverage. See also * Oil Insurance Limited—mutual insurance company serving the energy industry References External links * {{Official website, 1=http://www.nmlneil.com/ Financial ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacNeil
MacNeil can have a number of different meanings and spellings: Clan MacNeil is a Scottish clan. Notable people *Al MacNeil (born 1935), Canadian hockey player *Angus MacNeil (born 1970), Scottish politician * Archibald Macneil of Colonsay (fl. 1773–1805), Scottish laird * Bernie MacNeil (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player * Bhreagh MacNeil, Canadian actress * Brett MacNeil (born 1967), Canadian gridiron football player *Carol Brooks MacNeil (1871–1944), American sculptor *Carole MacNeil (born 1964), Canadian television journalist * Charles Grant MacNeil (1892–1976), Canadian politician *Chuck MacNeil (born 1944), Canadian politician *Colin MacNeil, British comics artist * Colin MacNeil (footballer) (born 1936), Australian rules footballer * Cooper MacNeil (born 1992), American racecar driver *Cornell MacNeil (1922–2011), American baritone *Donald C. MacNeil (1924–1978), Canadian politician *Drew MacNeil (born 1964), Scottish shinty player *Flora MacNeil (1928–201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McNeill (other)
McNeill may refer to: * McNeill (surname) * McNeill, Mississippi, United States; an unincorporated community * McNeill, West Virginia, United States; an unincorporated community * Port McNeill, British Columbia, Canada; a town * McNeill Bay (British Columbia), Canada * McNeill HVDC Back-to-back station, Canada * ''McNeill v. United States'', 2011 United States Supreme Court case * McNeill's law, describes the role of microbial disease in the conquering of people-groups * McNeill's Rangers, independent Confederate military force * ''Don McNeill's Breakfast Club'', morning variety show on ABC radio See also *McNeil (other) *MacNeil *MacNeill *McNeal *MacNeal *MacNeille {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal
Neal (Neil) is a given masculine name and surname of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion". As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neal in the context of a surname as meaning champion. Surname * Abbie Neal (1918–2004), American country music entertainer * Adam Neal (born 1990), English rugby league player * Alice B. Neal (1828–1863), American writer *Arthur Neal (1903–1982), English footballer * Blaine Neal (born 1978), American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball *Bob Neal (Atlanta sportscaster) (born 1942), American sports broadcaster *Bob Neal (Cleveland sportscaster) (1916–1983), American sports broadcaster * Charles Lincoln Neal (also known as "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neale (other)
Neale may refer to: * Neale (surname) * Neale, County Mayo * Neale (electric car) See also * Neil, containing Neale as a given name {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neill
Neill is an Irish surname, and may refer to * A. S. Neill (1883-1973), British educator and author * Alec Neill (b.1950), New Zealand politician * Ben Neill (b.1957), American composer * Bob Neill (b.1952), British politician * Bud Neill (1911-1970), Scottish cartoonist * Casey Neill, American musician * Edward Duffield Neill, American minister, author, and educator, secretary to Abraham Lincoln * Fiona Neill, British author and columnist * James C. Neill (c.1788–1848), American soldier and politician * James George Smith Neill (1810-1857), British army general * Jay Wesley Neill (1965-2002), American murderer * John R. Neill (1877-1943), American book illustrator * John W. Neill (b.1934), British hockey player * Lucas Neill (b.1978), Australian soccer player * Noel Neill (1920-2016), American film and television actress * Patrick Neill (other), multiple people * Paul Neill (1882-1968), American electrical engineer * Roy William Neill (1887-1946), Irish-American film d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Neill (other)
The O'Neill dynasty is a lineage of Irish Gaelic origin. O'Neill, Ó Néill, O'Neil, O'Neal, or Uí Néill may also refer to: People Surnames *Uí Néill, for information on the Ui Neill dynasty *O'Neill (surname), including surname origins and information ** List of people with the surname O'Neill, including O'Neal, O'Neil, and other variations * The O'Neill Brothers, an American instrumental duo Noble titles *Baron O'Neill, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *O'Neill baronets, two in the Baronetage of Ireland, and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *Viscount O'Neill, a title in the Peerage of Ireland Places Australia *O'Neill's Adventureland, an amusement park in Edmondson Park, New South Wales Canada *Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School, Regina, Saskatchewan *O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Oshawa, Ontario United States * O'Neal Island, San Juan Islands of Washington * Buckey O'Neill Cabin, a cabin *Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, Danvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nail (other)
Nail or Nails may refer to: In biology * Nail (anatomy), toughened protective protein-keratin (known as alpha-keratin, also found in hair) at the end of an animal digit, such as fingernail * Nail (beak), a plate of hard horny tissue at the tip of some bird beaks Objects * Nail (fastener), the pin-shaped fastener used in engineering, woodworking and construction ** Nail (relic), used in the crucifixion of Christ * The Exchange nails, bronze tables outside of The Exchange, Bristol Arts and entertainment * '' JLA: The Nail series'', a 1998 three-issue comic book miniseries * ''Nail'', a 1985 album by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel * '' Nails'', a 1992 American TV movie * Nails (band), an American powerviolence band founded 2009 * Nine Inch Nails, an American industrial rock band founded 1988 * The Nails, an American new wave band founded 1976 as The Ravers (name change 1977) People * Nail (given name), a list of people with the given name Nail * Nail (surname), a list of people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
