NS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"

English

Proper noun

NS

1. Initialism of Nova Scotia: a province of Canada.

   Coordinate terms: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT

2. Initialism of New Style (of dates).

   Antonym: OS

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

   Synonym: N9

Alternative forms

• N.S. (Nova Scotia, New Style)

Noun

NS

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

   Synonyms: N/S, N.S., N. S.

   Coordinate terms: MS, SS

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

Descendants

• → French: NS

Adjective

NS

1. negative-strand
2. National Socialist

Derived terms

(negative-strand):

• NNS (nonsegmented negative-strand)
• NS RNA virus (negative-strand RNA virus)

Interjection

NS

1. (video games, first-person shooters) nice shot
2. no smoking
3. note script/scriptum

Anagrams

• SN, sn, s.n., Sn, S/N

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

NS

1. (rail transport) initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch railway company”)

French

Etymology

From English NS, initialism of name server.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.nɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Homophone: aînesse

Noun

NS m (invariable)

1. (Internet) name server

Further reading

• NS on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• Domain Name System on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Anagrams

• SN

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

NS

1. abbreviation of Nationalsozialismus; Nazi
2. abbreviation of Nervensystem (“nervous system (NS)”)
3. abbreviation of Nachsatz
4. abbreviation of Nachschrift
5. abbreviation of Nukleinsäure
6. abbreviation of Nebensatz (contrast Hauptsatz, HS)
7. (mathematics) abbreviation of Nullstelle

Derived terms

1.

• NS-Kult, NS-Verbot, NS-Verbrechen, NS-Zeit

2.

• ANS (autonomes Nervensystem)
• PNS (peripheres Nervensystem)
• VNS (vegetatives Nervensystem)
• ZNS (zentrales Nervensystem, Zentralnervensystem)

3.

• DNS (Desoxyribonukleinsäure)
• RNS (Ribonukleinsäure)

Proper noun

NS

1. abbreviation of Niederschlesien (“Lower Silesia”)
2. (now informal) abbreviation of Niedersachsen (“Lower Saxony”) (compare the official abbreviation NI)
3. Neues Serbien, Nova Srbija – New Serbia, Nova Srbija (NS)

Malay

Proper noun

NS

1. (Malaysia) abbreviation of Negeri Sembilan

Synonyms

• N9