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n.s.

n.s. is the abbreviation of new series.

n.s. is the abbreviation of not significant.

Proper noun capitalized: N.S.

N.S.

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Nova Scotia: a province of Canada.
  2. (abbreviation, slang) Abbreviation of NATO state.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of New Style (dates according to the Gregorian calendar).

Noun capitalized: N.S.

N.S.

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of NS.

Phrases with n.s.

Questions about n.s.

What is n.s. the abbreviation of?
N.s. is the abbreviation of new series.
What part of speech is n.s.?
N.s. can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near n.s. in the dictionary

  1. N.N.
  2. N.O.
  3. N.O.S.
  4. n.p.
  5. n.p. or d.
  6. n.s.
  7. N.S. Amoranto
  8. N.S.A.
  9. n.s.g.
  10. N.S.W.
  11. N.V.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: n.s. (page history and authors); N.S. (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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