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Translingual
Symbol
AS
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for American Samoa.
- Synonym: ASM (alpha-3)
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
AS
- Initialism of Anglo-Saxon.
- Abbreviation of Assam.
Noun
AS
- (education, UK, historical) Initialism of Advanced Supplementary.
- (education, UK) Initialism of Advanced Subsidiary.
- AS-level
- (cardiology) Initialism of aortic stenosis.
- (neurology) Initialism of Asperger's syndrome.
- (medicine) Initialism of ankylosing spondylitis.
- (Internet) Initialism of autonomous system.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary submarine: a naval tender, a submarine tender that tends to submarines
- Coordinate term: AD
- (Java programming language) Initialism of application server.
Etymology 2
From Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu, “peace be upon him”), placed after the name of holy persons in Islamic texts.
Phrase
AS
- (Islam) Initialism of alayhi as-salaam.
- Synonyms: PBUH, SAW, peace be upon him
Anagrams
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
AS
- Initialism of Amerika Serikat.
Malay
Proper noun
AS
- Alternative form of A.S.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
AS
- (law) abbreviation of aksjeselskap.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
AS
- (law) initialism of aksjeselskap.
Welsh
Noun
AS m (plural ASau)
- (politics) Initialism of Aelod Seneddol (“Member of (the UK) Parliament”).
- (politics) Initialism of Aelod o'r Senedd (“Member of the (Welsh) Senedd”).