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NB, Nb, or nb may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

N.B. (album), an album by Natasha Bedingfield
NB (TV programme), a Scottish arts television programme that aired 1989–1997

Businesses

NB Global, a British investment company
New Balance, a shoe company
Niesenbahn, a funicular railway in Switzerland
Nigerian Breweries, a beverage company
Sterling Airlines, a defunct Danish airline (IATA designator)
National bank (disambiguation) several banks

Language

Nota bene, often abbreviated as NB or n.b., a Latin phrase meaning "note well"
nb, ISO 639-1 code for Bokmål, the written standard of the Norwegian language
牛屄 (niúbī), a common word in Mandarin Chinese profanity

Places

New Brunswick, a province of Canada, (postal abbreviation: NB)
Nebraska, US, (former postal abbreviation: NB; changed to NE)
New Bern, North Carolina

Science and technology

Niobium, symbol Nb, a chemical element
NB class, Australian steam locomotives
Boeing NB, a 1923 training aircraft
Naive Bayes classifier, in statistics
Neuroblastoma, a type of cancer
Nominal bore or nominal pipe size, a set of standard sizes for pipes
Nanobarn (nb), a unit of cross-sectional area
Mazda MX-5 (NB), the second generation of the Mazda MX-5
NB (programming language), an intermediate-stage language known as "New B" that evolved from the "B" language and then further evolved into the "C" language

Other uses

Narrowboat ship prefix
National Battlefield, a protected area in the United States
No-ball in cricket
Non-binary, a term used by people who identify as neither male nor female.
NB, an abbreviation for North Britain used in addresses in Scotland in the nineteenth century e.g " 'The Sporran' Fifeshire, NB" (Used in The Importance of being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde.

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 * [[NB Global]], a British investment company
 * [[New Balance]], a shoe company
+* [[Niesenbahn]], a funicular railway in Switzerland
 * [[Nigerian Breweries]], a beverage company
 * [[Sterling Airlines]], a defunct Danish airline (IATA designator)
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 * ''[[Nota bene]]'', often abbreviated as NB or n.b., a Latin phrase meaning "note well"
 * nb, ISO 639-1 code for [[Bokmål]], the written standard of the Norwegian language
-* 牛B (niúbī), a common word in [[Mandarin Chinese profanity#Positive connotations|Mandarin Chinese profanity]]
+* <span lang="zh" dir="ltr">牛屄</span> (niúbī), a common word in [[Mandarin Chinese profanity#Positive connotations|Mandarin Chinese profanity]]
 ==Places==
-* [[New Brunswick]], a province of Canada
+* [[New Brunswick]], a province of Canada, (postal abbreviation: NB)
-* [[Nebraska]], US, former postal code (later NE)
+* [[Nebraska]], US, (former postal abbreviation: NB; changed to NE)
+* [[New Bern, North Carolina]]
 ==Science and technology==
-* [[Nb (element)]], the chemical element Niobium with symbol "Nb"
+* [[Niobium]], symbol Nb, a chemical element
-* [[NB class]], steam locomotives
+* [[NB class]], Australian steam locomotives
 * [[Boeing NB]], a 1923 training aircraft
 * [[Naive Bayes classifier]], in statistics
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 * [[Nanobarn]] (nb), a unit of cross-sectional area
 * [[Mazda MX-5 (NB)]], the second generation of the Mazda MX-5
-* [[NB (programming language)]], an intermediate stage language known as "New B" that evolved from the "B" language and then further evolved into the "C" language
+* [[NB (programming language)]], an intermediate-stage language known as "New B" that evolved from the "B" language and then further evolved into the "C" language
 ==Other uses==
 * [[Narrowboat]] ship prefix
+* [[National Battlefield]], a protected area in the United States
-* [[Non-binary]], a gender identity
+* [[No-ball]] in cricket
+* [[Non-binary]], a term used by people who identify as neither male nor female.
+* [[North Britain|NB]], an abbreviation for North Britain used in addresses in Scotland in the nineteenth century e.g " 'The Sporran' Fifeshire, NB" (Used in [[The Importance of being Earnest]]" by [[Oscar Wilde]].
 ==See also==