NS
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"
English
Proper noun
NS
- Nova Scotia, a province of Canada
- New Style (of dates; contrast OS)
- Netscape (Internet browser)
- Noble Sanctuary
- (rail transport) Norfolk Southern (Railroad)
- (rail transport) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen. (Dutch Railways)
- (Malaysia) Initialism of Negeri Sembilan
Alternative forms
- N.S. (Nova Scotia, New Style)
Noun
NS
- Initialism of nervous system.
- Initialism of nuclear ship, a nuclear-powered ship.
- Initialism of native speaker.
- Initialism of neutron star.
- (Ireland, usually as part of a name) Initialism of National School.
- (informal) Initialism of NATO state.
- Initialism of no show.
- Initialism of namespace.
- Initialism of Nintendo Switch.
- (politics, Internet slang) Initialism of National Socialism
Adjective
NS
Derived terms
(negative-strand):
Interjection
NS
- (video games, first-person shooters) nice shot
- no smoking
- note script/scriptum
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Proper noun
NS
- (rail transport) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch railway company”).
German
Noun
NS
- Abbreviation of Nervensystem (“nervous system (NS)”).
- Abbreviation of Nachsatz., Abbreviation of Nachschrift.
- Abbreviation of Nukleinsäure.
- Abbreviation of Nebensatz. (contrast Hauptsatz, HS)
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of Nullstelle.
- Nationalsozialismus
Derived terms
1.
- ANS (autonomes Nervensystem)
- PNS (peripheres Nervensystem)
- VNS (vegetatives Nervensystem)
- ZNS (zentrales Nervensystem, Zentralnervensystem)
3.
6.
- NS-Kult, NS-Verbot, NS-Zeit
Proper noun
NS
- Abbreviation of Niederschlesien (“Lower Silesia”).
- (now informal) Abbreviation of Niedersachsen (“Lower Saxony”). (compare the official abbreviation NI)
- Neues Serbien, Nova Srbija – New Serbia, Nova Srbija (NS)
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