Nin

: See also Ana?s Nin for the author or Nine Inch Nails for the band often abbreviated as NIN.

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Nin (Latin Nona) is a town in the Zadar county of Croatia, population 1,256 (2001), total municipality population 4,603 (2001).

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Nin was historically important as a centre of a Catholic bishopric in the Middle Ages. The bishop Gregory of Nin (Grgur ninski) was an important figure in the 10th century Church politics of Dalmatia and the subject of a renowned monument in Split by 20th century sculptor Ivan Me?trovi?.

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Nine Inch Nails: Nine Inch Nails (colloquially known as NIN) are a critically and commercially successful American band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor....

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Zadar county: Zadar county - Zadarska ?upanija is a county in Croatia, it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika. Its center is the city of Zadar....