Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ns

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
ns
IPA
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Netscape.

name

Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch Railways”).

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

N.S. (alternative)

Derived Forms

NNS

Phrases

NS RNA virus

Frequently Paired Words

Synonyms

N9 N/S N.S. N. S.

Antonyms

Questions

What does ns mean?
Initialism of Nova Scotia: a province of Canada.

How to pronounce ns

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