Meaning of nis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.
2. Contraction of ne is
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete
3. Initialism of Network Information Service.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
4. Initialism of Naftna Industrija Srbije, a Serbian multinational oil and gas company.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. A city, the administrative centre of Nišava district, southern Serbia.
6. Initialism of National Intelligence Service, an agency of the South African government from 1980 to 1994.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
7. Initialism of National Intelligence Service, the current South Korean counterintelligence agency.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The people of the Feroes call⟳ the Nisses or Brownies Niagruisar, and describe⟳ them as little creatures with red caps on their beads, that bring⟳ luck to any place⟳ where they take⟳ up their abode.”

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