NH

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nh"

Translingual

Symbol

NH

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for New Hebrides from 1974 to 1980.

   Synonyms: NHB (alpha-3 1974–1980), VU (1980–present, as Vanuatu)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of VU upon the country gaining independence as Vanuatu.

English

Proper noun

NH

1. Initialism of New Hampshire: a state of the United States.
2. (firefighting) Initialism of National Hose.

Noun

NH (plural NHs)

1. Initialism of nursing home.
2. (US, aviation) prefix code for NASA research helicopter designations.
3. (athletics) Abbreviation of no-height.

Verb

NH (third-person singular simple present NHs, present participle NHing, simple past and past participle NHed)

1. (athletics) Abbreviation of no-height.

Adjective

NH (not comparable)

1. (philately) Initialism of never hinged.

Related terms

• MNH

Anagrams

• HN, Hn.