"HSI" meaning in English

See HSI in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} HSI
  1. (US, government) Initialism of Homeland Security Investigations. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Homeland Security Investigations
    Sense id: en-HSI-en-name-hWPUiXax Categories (other): American English, Government, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Universities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Universities: 88 12 Topics: government

Noun

Forms: HSIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} HSI (plural HSIs)
  1. (US, education) Initialism of Hispanic-serving institution. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Hispanic-serving institution Hypernyms: MSI
    Sense id: en-HSI-en-noun-12qXdHRM Categories (other): American English, Education Topics: education

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