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'''Nap''' (as a non-acronym) can refer to:
* A short [[sleep]]. ''See also:'' [[power-nap]], [[siesta]], [[catnap]], [[polyphasic sleep]], [[Inemuri]]<!--When there is a main article about napping, link to that and remove these.-->
* A variety of texture concepts:
:* <span id="Textile">The direction</span><!--Don't delete this #link please; used in actual articles. --> in which the strands of hair or [[fur]] are oriented on the skin of an animal or human body; or similarly, the direction of the pile in a [[carpet]] or other textile such as [[baize]].<!--When there is a main article for this concept, please remove the extra links here.-->
:* Strong [[Natural hair|curl in hair]] or fur; adjective: "nappy"
:* [[nap (textile)|Nap]] is also a term for the raised (fuzzy) surface of certain kinds of cloth, such as flannel and velvet
:* A measure of the thickness of a [[paint]] roller
* A British [[horse racing]]/betting term for the best bet advised by an expert on a given day (from the [[Napoleon (coin)|Napoleon]] – the most valuable French coin at the time the phrase was first used.)<!--When there is a main article for this concept, please remove the extra links here.-->
* The card game also known as [[Napoleon (card game)|Napoleon]]
* An obscure word for a small [[Forest|wooded area of land]], e.g. "down in the nap"
* An equestrian term for a horse disobeying its rider and refusing to go forward; it hangs back or tries to return to its stable or other horses. The most extreme expression is [[rearing]].
'''NAP''' (or '''nap''' as an acronym) may stand for:
* [[Naples International Airport]], IATA airport code
* [[National Academies Press]] of the USA
* [[National Action Party]] of some Latin American and other countries
* A [[National Action Plan for Children]] (UNO)
* A [[National Action Plan on the Elimination of Child Labour|National Action Plan]] on the elimination of child labour
* [[National Alliance Party]], a political party of Papua New Guinea
* [[National Allocation Plan]], part of the [[European Union Emission Trading Scheme]]
* [[National Association of Parliamentarians]], a non-profit association of professional parliamentarians
* [[Neapolitan language]] (ISO 639 alpha-3 code: '''nap''')
* [[Nebraska AIDS Project]]
* [[Network Access Point]]
* [[Network Access Protection]]
* [[Network Against Prohibition]]
* Neutral Access Point, more commonly known as [[Internet Exchange Point]]
* [[New African Poets]], a French hip hop/rap group.
* [[New Azerbaijan Party]], the ruling political party in Azerbaijan.
* [[Nocturnal Art Productions]], a metal, especially black metal, record label
* [[Non-aggression pact]], an agreement between two nations that they are not to attack each other regardless of the allegiances of third nations
* [[Non-aggression principle]], an ethical prohibition against the initiation of force
* [[Normaal Amsterdams Peil]] or Normalnull, a Western European vertical datum for recording flood or sea water level
* "Not applicable", as used in [[banking]] (in other contexts it is more often abbreviated "n/a" or "n.a.")
* [[Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico]] (''Programa de Asistencia Nutricional''), a United States Federal assistance program for nutritional needs of impoverished families in Puerto Rico.
'''Naps''' or '''NAPS''' may refer to:
* [http://www.websciences.org/bibliosleep/naps/ New Abstracts and Papers in Sleep], a website where one can find papers on sleep research, and sign up for notification about ''new'' such papers
* A nickname for the [[Cleveland Indians]], a Major League Baseball team in Ohio
* [[Naval Academy Preparatory School]] for the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Coast Guard Academy
* [[National Association for the Prevention of Starvation]] - Student missionary group based at Oakwood College
* [[Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service]] - an [[Aboriginal people in Canada|Aboriginal Canadian]] police force in Ontario, Canada.
* [[North American Precis Syndicate]] - feature releases distributor
==See also==
* [[Nappy (disambiguation)]]
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