Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: nas
IPA

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of naval air station.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of network-attached storage.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of neuroangiostrongyliasis.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Initialism of National Academy of Sciences (US).

name

Initialism of National Association of Scholars (US).

name

Initialism of National Autistic Society (UK).

name

Initialism of New American Standard (Bible).

Example Sentences

"“Decades of climate research and data have yielded expanded understanding of how greenhouse gases affect the climate,” NAS president Marcia McNutt said in a statement."

Usage

Inflected Forms

NASes (plural)

Questions

What does nas mean?: Initialism of naval air station.

How to pronounce nas

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