NH

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nh"

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NH

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for New Hebrides from 1974 to 1980.
    Synonyms: NHB (alpha-3 1974–1980), VU (1980–present, as Vanuatu)

Usage notes[edit]

The code was deprecated in favour of VU upon the country gaining independence as Vanuatu.

English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

NH

  1. Abbreviation of New Hampshire, a state of the United States of America.

Noun[edit]

NH (plural NHs)

  1. Initialism of nursing home.
  2. (US, aviation) prefix code for NASA research helicopter designations.
  3. (athletics) Abbreviation of no-height.

Verb[edit]

NH (third-person singular simple present NHs, present participle NHing, simple past and past participle NHed)

  1. (athletics) Abbreviation of no-height.

Adjective[edit]

NH (not comparable)

  1. (philately) Initialism of never hinged.

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