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List of acronyms and initialisms: N

 
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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter N.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym in the example: SARS - (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism in the example: CD - (i) Compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz - Megahertz)

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Contents: Top - N0–9 NA NB NC ND NE NF NG NH NI NJ NK NL NM NN NO NP NQ NR NS NT NU NV NW NX NY NZ

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  • nK - (s) Nanokelvin
  • NKA - No Known Allergies
  • N/K/A - Now Known As
  • NKVD - (i) Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del (Russian "People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs") (1934-1954)

NL

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NQ

NPO - nothing by mouth

NR

NS

  • ns - (s) Nanosecond
  • nS - (s) Nanosiemens
  • NS - (s) Nova Scotia (postal symbol) - Suriname (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • NSA - (i) U.S. National Security Agency - Naval Support Activity - No Strings Attached
  • NSABB - (i) National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
  • NSAID - (i) Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
  • NSB - (i) Norges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways)
  • NSC - National Security Council
  • NSDAP - (i) Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German: "German National Socialist Workers Party", the formal name of the Nazi Party)
  • NSDL - (i) National Science Digital Library (USA)
  • NSG - (i) National System for Geospatial-Intelligence
  • NSN - (i) National Stock Number
  • NSNA - (i) National Student Nurses' Association
  • NSO - (i) National Standardization Office (ABCA)
  • NSS - (i) (U.S.) Naval Simulation System
  • NST - (i) (UK) Nimrod Software Team
  • NSTAC - (i) National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
  • NSV - (i) Nikitin-Sokolov-Volkov heavy machine gun (Russian НСВ Никитина-Соколова-Волкова) [5]
  • NSW - (i) New South Wales (postal symbol)

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