1. [n]  a midwestern state on the Great Plains
2. [n]  the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
3. [n]  a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

1. \Ne\, adv. [AS. ne. See {No}.]
   Not; never. [Obs.]
         He never yet no villany ne said.         --Chaucer.
   Note: Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of
         negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never
         (= ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other combinations,
         now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad,
         nam, nil. See {Negative}, 2.
   

2. \Ne\, conj. [See {Ne}, adv.]
   Nor. [Obs.] --Shak.
         No niggard ne no fool.                   --Chaucer.
   {Ne . . . ne}, neither . . . nor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   

The country code for Niger.