Kis
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Kis may refer to:
in ancient Egypt
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in ancient Egypt
- Kusae, a geographic location
- HathorHathorHathor , is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt...
, a deity worshipped at Kusae
people
- Kis (surname)Kis (surname)Kis, Kış or Kiš, is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Andriy Kis , Ukrainian Olympic luger* Danilo Kiš , Yugoslavian/Serbian writer* Gergő Kis , Hungarian Olympic swimmer...
, persons having "Kis", "Kış" or "Kiš" as a surname
Science
- From the Greek word, κις, meaning "times", it is used after a greek Numerical prefixNumerical prefixNumber prefixes are prefixes derived from numbers or numerals. In English and other European languages, they are used to coin numerous series of words, such as unicycle – bicycle – tricycle, dyad – triad – decade, biped – quadruped, September – October – November – December, decimal – hexadecimal,...
in mathematics and chemistryHapticityThe term hapticity is used to describe how a group of contiguous atoms of a ligand are coordinated to a central atom. Hapticity of a ligand is indicated by the Greek character 'eta', η. A superscripted number following the η denotes the number of contiguous atoms of the ligand that are bound to...
(substitutions of n complex rather than simple units)
other
- Kiş, Khojavend, Azerbaijan
- Kiş, ShakiKis, ShakiKiş is a village and municipality in the Shaki Rayon of Azerbaijan. It is located approximately 5 km north of Shaki. It has a population of 6,244.- History:...
, Azerbaijan - Kish (Sumer)Kish (Sumer)Kish is modern Tell al-Uhaymir , and was an ancient city of Sumer. Kish is located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad ....
, an ancient city in Sumer - Kis (weapon)KIS (weapon)Kis was the name of a Polish machine pistol from the time of the Second World War. It was designed and manufactured by engineers in Jan Piwnik's "Ponury" guerrilla unit that was operating in Holy Cross Mountains region...
, a Polish machine pistol from World War II - Kis language, spoken in Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...