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Nis

adj, contraction, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of new in shrink. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Contraction
  1. 1
    Contraction of ne is abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Naftna Industrija Srbije, a Serbian multinational oil and gas company. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of National Intelligence Service, an agency of the South African government from 1980 to 1994. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of National Intelligence Service, the current South Korean counterintelligence agency. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.

    "No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Network Information Service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Etymology

From Danish nisse.

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