Nigra may refer to:
Geography
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Castelnuovo Nigra
Castelnuovo Nigra is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. It is formed by the union of two villages: Sale Castelnuovo and Villa Castelnuovo
Castelnuovo Nigra i ...
, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont
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Porta Nigra
The Porta Nigra (Latin for ''black gate'') is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is today the largest Roman city gate north of the Alps. It was designated as part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in ...
, a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany
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Rupes Nigra
Rupes (plural ) is the Latin word for 'cliff'. It is used in planetary geology to refer to escarpments on other worlds. , the IAU has named 62 such features in the Solar System, on Mercury (17), Venus (7), the Moon (8), Mars (23), the asteroids ...
, a phantom island, was believed to be a 33-mile-wide magnetic island of black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole
Medicine
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Dermatosis papulosa nigra
Dermatosis papulosa nigra (DPN) is a condition of many small, benign skin lesion
A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body a ...
, a condition of many small, benign skin lesions on that face that closely simulate seborrheic keratoses, a condition generally presenting on dark-skinned individuals
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Linea nigra
Linea nigra (Latin for "black line"), often referred to as a pregnancy line, is a linear hyperpigmentation that commonly appears on the abdomen. The brownish streak is usually about a centimeter (0.4 in) in width. The line runs vertically al ...
, a dark vertical line that appears on the abdomen during pregnancy
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Substantia nigra
The substantia nigra (SN) is a basal ganglia structure located in the midbrain that plays an important role in reward and movement. ''Substantia nigra'' is Latin for "black substance", reflecting the fact that parts of the substantia nigra app ...
, a portion of the brain associated with dopamine production
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Tinea nigra
Tinea nigra, also known as superficial phaeohyphomycosis and Tinea nigra palmaris et plantaris, is a superficial fungal infection, a type of phaeohyphomycosis rather than a tinea, that causes usually a single 1–5 cm dark brown-black, non ...
, a superficial fungal infection that causes dark brown to black painless patches on the soles of the hands and feet
People
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Christina Nigra
Christina Jane Nigra (born February 27, 1975) is an American actress who performed in ''The Sword and the Sorcerer'', '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'', '' Cloak & Dagger'', and '' Out of This World''.
Filmography
*1981: ''Goliath Awaits'' (TV mov ...
, an actress who performed in ''The Sword and the Sorcerer'', ''Twilight Zone: The Movie'', and ''Cloak & Dagger''
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Costantino Nigra
Costantino, count Nigra (11 June 1828 – 1 July 1907) was an Italian diplomat.
Biography
Nigra was born at Villa Castelnuovo, in the province of Turin.
During the war of 1848 he interrupted his studies to serve as a volunteer against Austria ...
, an Italian diplomatist
Other uses
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Patriotic Nigras
The Patriotic Nigras (also known by the initialism PN) were a group of griefers in the online world of ''Second Life''.
While the PN were known mainly for the disruption of ''Second Life'' and its users, they had also established themselves on the ...
, a group of griefers in the virtual world Second Life
* A variant spelling of "
Negro
In the English language, ''negro'' is a term historically used to denote persons considered to be of Black African heritage. The word ''negro'' means the color black in both Spanish and in Portuguese, where English took it from. The term can be ...
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See also
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Niger (disambiguation)
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