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NS¹

proper noun N.S.

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Nova Scotia: a province of Canada.
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of New Style (of dates).

    Opposite: OS

  3. Internet, abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of Netscape
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Noble Sanctuary
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Norfolk Southern (Railroad).
  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch Railways”).
  7. Malaysia, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Negeri Sembilan: a state of Malaysia.

    Similar: N9

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of nervous system
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of nuclear ship, a nuclear-powered ship.

    Similar: N/S, N.S., N. S.

  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of native speaker
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of neutron star
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of neutral spirit (“alcohol”).
  6. Ireland, abbreviation, initialism, usually, as part of a name Initialism of National School
  7. abbreviation, informal, initialism Initialism of NATO state
  8. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of no show
  9. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of namespace
  10. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Nintendo Switch
  11. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Socialism
  12. Singapore, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of national service
  13. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of name server

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of negative-strand
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Socialist

interjection

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of nice shot
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of no smoking
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of note script/scriptum

ns²

noun

  1. plural plural of n

Ns³

symbol

  1. Nimbostratus.

noun

  1. plural plural of N

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@misc{ns_2026,
  title = {ns},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ns},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}