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Nasirabád, in Bengál, Lat. 24°, Long. 90° . . . . . . . . . . . . . نصیر آباد Arab. Pers.
"Nasír's town." Nasír, defender, helper, a personal name.
The same name in Rajvára, Lat. 26°, Long. 74°; in Sindh, Lat. 27°, Long. 68°, &c.
Anal. Nasír-pur, in Sindh, Lat. 25°, Long. 68°.

Nathdvára, in Rájvára, Lat. 24°, Long. 73° . . . . . . . . . . . . ناتھ دوارا Hind.
"The Lord's temple." Nath, lord, a surname of pious men and of several gods; it is
also often used in personal names.
Anal. Náth-pur, in Bengál, Lat. 26°, Long. 87°; Nath-ram-páll (Ráma's village), in
Maissúr, Lat. 14°, Long. 77°.

Nauagárh, in Bengál, Lat. 23°, Long. 84° . . . . . . . . . . . . . نوا گڑھ Hind.
"New fort."
Anal. Naua-gáu, in Bundelkhánd, Lat. 25°, Long. 79°; Nau-góng, in Assám, Lat. 26°,
Long. 93°; Naua-kót, in the Dékhan, Lat. 24°, Long. 69°; Naua-nágar, in Gujrát,
Lat. 22°, Long. 70°; Naua-púra, in Khandésh, Lat. 21, Long. 74°, &c.

Naubatpúr, in Bengál, Lat. 25°, Long. 85° . . . . . . . . . . . . . نوبت پور Hind.
"Drum-beating-town." Náubat is the beating of drums at the gate of a great man, and
náubat-khána is the large room over the outer gate of a palace, used for martial music.

Naushéra, in Sindh, Lat. 26°, Long. 68° . . . . . . . . . . . . . نوشہرا Hind.-Pers.
"New town." Nau, new; shéra is another form of sháhár, town. This name is very
frequent in the Pánjáb, ex. gr. Lat. 27°, Long. 68°; Lat. 28°, Long. 70°; Lat. 34°,
Long. 71°; Lat. 34°, Long. 73°.
Anal. Nau-pára, in Orissa, Lat. 18°, Long. 84°.

Navabgánj, in Hindostán, Lat. 25°, Long. 81° . . . . . . . . . . . نواب گنج Hind.
"Governor's market." Naváb, in English commonly nábob, means a governor, a great
and rich man.
The same name in Bengál, Lat. 25°, Long. 87°; in Audh, Lat. 27°, Long. 81°, &c.

Navapátti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tam.
"Nine villages." Buchanan's Maissúr, Vol. II., p. 192.

Nejíbabád . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . نجیب آباد Arab. Pers.
"Nejíb's town." Nejíb, noble, hero, a personal name.

Nepál, a country in the Himálaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . نیپال Hind.
"Abode of Népas (Nevársl)." It is derived by Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. I., p. 58, from
Népa, the name of a tribe (perhaps the modern Nevárs, still residing in Nepál), and from
ála, for álaya, dwelling, abode. According to Hamilton's Nepál, p. 180, the natives