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Nap can refer to:

• A short sleep. See also: power nap, siesta
• A British horse racing / betting term for the best bet advised by an expert on a given day (from Napoleon - the most valuable French coin at the time the phrase was first used.)
• The direction 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.
• A sewing term for the raised surface of certain cloths, such as flannel and velvet
• A measure of the thickness of a paint roller
• A slang term for kinky or curly hair (naps)
• A noun meaning day (nap) and sun (Nap) in Hungarian
• Neapolitan language (ISO 639 alpha-3 code: nap)
• An obscure word for a small wooded piece of land. e.g. "down in the nap"
• A British trick-taking card game also known as Napoleon

NAP 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
• New Azerbaijan Party, the ruling political party in Azerbaijan.
• National Alliance Party, a political party of Papua New Guinea
• National Association of Parliamentarians, a non-profit association of professional parliamentarians
• Nebraska AIDS Project
• Network Access Point
• Network Access Protection
• Network Against Prohibition
• Normaal Amsterdams Peil (=Normalnull)
• A National Action Plan for Children (UNO)
• Not applicable, which is used in banking
• 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
• New African Poets, a French hip hop/rap group.
• Nocturnal Art Productions, a metal, especially black metal, record label
• 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 may refer for:

• The Cleveland Indians
• The National Association for the Prevention of Starvation - Student missionary group based at Oakwood College

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