NH
Abbreviation with 3 meanings
| Stands for | New Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 3 |
| Categories | Geography & Places, Transportation & Travel, Science & Engineering |
| Also written | Nh |
NH has three meanings. The most common are New Hampshire (US state) and All Nippon Airways (airline code); it can also stand for Nihonium.
Meanings of NH at a glance
| # | NH stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Hampshire | Geography & Places › US State |
| 2 | All Nippon Airways | Transportation & Travel › Airline Code |
| 3 | Nihonium | Science & Engineering › Chemical Element |
1. New Hampshire
Geography & Places · US State Abbreviations
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, the vote that put the new government into effect. Concord is the capital and Manchester the largest city, and state law gives the Granite State the first presidential primary.
Example: Candidates crisscrossed Manchester, NH in the final week before the primary.
AP and traditional usage write N.H., with periods; the code without periods dates from 1963. The state motto Live Free or Die appears on license plates. In chemistry NH is the imino group, and on climate maps NH can mean Northern Hemisphere.
2. All Nippon Airways
Transportation & Travel · Airline Code Abbreviations
Japan's largest airline by passengers, based in Tokyo and a member of Star Alliance. ANA was the launch customer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, putting it into service in 2011.
Example: NH 9 from Chicago to Narita boards at gate C21; the Haneda flight is NH 111.
ICAO code ANA; callsign "All Nippon." The IATA code NH comes from Nippon Helicopter, the company's name when it was founded in 1952. ANA is famous for operating Airbus A380s painted as giant sea turtles on flights to Honolulu.
3. Nihonium (Nh)
Science & Engineering · Chemical Element Abbreviations
Nihonium (element 113) is the first element discovered in Asia, credited to Japan's RIKEN laboratory. A team led by Kosuke Morita spent years firing zinc ions at bismuth and observed only three atoms, in 2004, 2005 and 2012.
Example: Japanese newspapers celebrated in 2016 when Nh joined the periodic table with an official name.
The name comes from Nihon, one of the two ways of saying "Japan" in Japanese, meaning roughly "land of the rising sun." IUPAC approved nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson together in November 2016, completing the seventh row of the periodic table. A Russian-American collaboration at Dubna had also reported element 113 but did not receive the credit.
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