RS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rs"

Translingual

Symbol

RS

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Serbia since 2006.

   Synonym: SRB (alpha-3)

English

Proper noun

RS

1. (Mormonism) Initialism of Relief Society.
2. Initialism of Rio Grande do Sul: a state of Brazil.
3. (fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Translations

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Japanese: RS (Rubī-Safaia), ルビサファ (Rubi-safa)

Noun

RS

1. Initialism of recommended standard.
2. (knitting) Initialism of right side.
   • 2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 41:

     With yarn in back, slip stitch knitwise on RS […]

3. (military, US) Initialism of recruiting station.
4. Initialism of relationship.
5. (nautical) Alternative form of R/S (“research ship”).

Noun

RS pl (plural only)

1. Initialism of religious studies.

Anagrams

• SR, Sr, Sr.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛr.ɛs/

Noun

RS

1. initialism of rumah sakit (“hospital”)
2. initialism of rumah sederhana

Portuguese

Proper noun

RS ?

1. initialism of Rio Grande do Sul: a state of Brazil

Further reading

• “RS”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “RS”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025