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Borrowed from Danish nisse.

noun nisses

A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house. No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him.

nis^²

contraction

abbreviation, contraction, obsolete Contraction of ne is

NIS^³

adjective

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of new in shrink

noun

abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Network Information Service
Similar: YP

proper noun

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Naftna Industrija Srbije, a Serbian multinational oil and gas company.
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Intelligence Service, an agency of the South African government from 1980 to 1994.
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Intelligence Service, the current South Korean counterintelligence agency.

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@misc{nis_2026,
  title = {nis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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