1. With reference to the origin or beginning
   - primitively, originally 
2. Before now
   - in the first place, earlier, to begin with, originally

Encyclopedia: In the beginning

• next-to-last
• nexus
• Ney
• Nez Percé
• NFL
• ng
• NGA
• ngaio
• Ngaio Marsh
• Nganasan
• NGB
• NGF
• NGO
• NGU
• ngultrum
• Nguni
• Nguyen Tat Thanh
• ngwee
• NH
• NHS
• Ni
• Ni-hard
• Ni-hard iron
• Ni-resist
• Ni-resist iron