"NAS" meaning in English

See NAS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} NAS
  1. Initialism of National Academy of Sciences (US). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Academy of Sciences (extra: US)
    Sense id: en-NAS-en-name-FW0EdSZW
  2. Initialism of National Association of Scholars (US). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Association of Scholars (extra: US)
    Sense id: en-NAS-en-name-S4qojduQ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 17 1 29 3 6 34
  3. Initialism of National Autistic Society (UK). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Autistic Society (extra: UK)
    Sense id: en-NAS-en-name-BWnFLjfo
  4. (Christianity) Initialism of New American Standard (Bible). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: New American Standard (extra: Bible)
    Sense id: en-NAS-en-name-BSD2poi8 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Christianity, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 17 1 29 3 6 34 Topics: Christianity

Noun

Forms: NASes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es}} NAS (countable and uncountable, plural NASes)
  1. Initialism of naval air station. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: naval air station
    Sense id: en-NAS-en-noun-vC-B2RdZ Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  2. Initialism of network-attached storage. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: network-attached storage
    Sense id: en-NAS-en-noun-~38BUYqc Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. Initialism of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: neonatal abstinence syndrome
    Sense id: en-NAS-en-noun-uASRE-Pl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 2 19 1 5 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 17 1 29 3 6 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 24 1 19 2 4 44 Disambiguation of Organizations: 7 27 12 14 3 1 35
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