HS

See also: hs, Hs, hS, h's, H's, and ḥs

English

Noun

HS

  1. Initialism of high school.
  2. Initialism of health system.

Anagrams

Finnish

Proper noun

HS

  1. Initialism of Helsingin Sanomat (the leading newspaper in Finland)

French

Adjective

HS (invariable)

  1. Initialism of hors-service.
  2. Initialism of hors sujet. (off-topic, irrelevant)

Latin

Etymology

From a shortening of II S where II is 2 in Roman numerals and S stands for sēmis (“half”). This is because a sesterce was worth 2 and a half asses.

Symbol

HS

  1. The symbol used to precede a number to indicate that the number is a value in sesterces.

References
  • HS in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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